Increase in pulmonary arterial diameter under prostaglandin E1 therapy in infants with cyanotic congenital heart disease

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 404-407

  Ito, T ^a   Harada, K ^a   Tamura, M ^a   Takada, G ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blalock Taussig shunt; Cyanotic congenital heart disease; Echocardiography; Prostaglandin E1; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary atresia

Indexed keywords

PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG ATRESIA; NEWBORN; PNEUMONIA; PROSTAGLANDIN METABOLISM; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ALPROSTADIL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ATRESIA; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0031817068     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900336     Document Type: Article

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