Congenital pulmonary sling, aorto-pulmonary window and pulmonary vein obstruction as a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge in an infant with VACTERL association

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-343

  Trowitzsch, Eckardt ^a   Schneider, Martin ^b   Urban, Andreas ^b   Asfour, Boulos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b German Paediatric Heart Centre   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aorto pulmonary window; Balloon dilatation; Obstruction of pulmonary veins; Pulmonary sling; VACTERL association

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANUS ATRESIA; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; PULMONARY ARTERY STENOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY SLING; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; STENT; SWEATING; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URETHRA VALVE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTA; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VENO-OCCLUSIVE DISEASE;

EID: 33744956416     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-006-0383-x     Document Type: Article

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