We describe a 2-year-old child with severe pulmonary hypertension due to a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with plexiform lesions on lung biopsy. Despite high basal pulmonary vascular resistance with minimal responsiveness to inhaled nitric oxide and other vasodilators, and advanced plexogenic arteriopathy on lung biopsy, her pulmonary hypertension completely resolved after PDA ligation and during 8 years of follow-up.
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Li, Gang
Xia, Jiyi
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Res Ctr Drug & Funct Foods, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Xia, Jiyi
Jia, Peng
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Jia, Peng
Zhao, Jian
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Zhao, Jian
Sun, Yuqin
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Sun, Yuqin
Wu, Changxue
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Cardiothorac Surg, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
Wu, Changxue
Liu, Bin
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Luzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R ChinaLuzhou Med Coll, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Pediat, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan, Peoples R China
机构:
Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124Division of Cardiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124