VGAM induced high-flow congestive heart failure responsive to PGE1 infusion

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Karam, Oliver ^a   da Cruz, Eduardo ^a   Rimensberger, Peter C ^a  

^a Geneva Children's Hospital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Congestive; Ductus arteriosus; Heart failure; Intracranial arteriovenous malformations; Patent; Prostaglandin E1

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LACTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROSTAGLANDIN E1;

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BALLOON OCCLUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DECOMPRESSION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERSISTENT PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; VEIN ANEURYSM; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATION;

ALPROSTADIL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VEIN OF GALEN MALFORMATIONS;

EID: 59249089990     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.020     Document Type: Article

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