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1346412

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8789
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-3-3
pubmed:abstractText
The systemic circulation of newborn infants with congenital left-heart obstruction is supplied from the right ventricle via a patent arterial duct between the pulmonary artery and descending aorta. The duct closes during the first few days of life, but infusion of prostaglandin E2 can prevent closure in some cases. We report four newborn infants (aged 3-8 days) with intractable heart failure due to severe obstruction of the left heart in the presence of a closing arterial duct. Infusion of prostaglandin E2 did not improve their clinical condition. Cardiac catheterisation and balloon dilatation of their arterial ducts resulted in a dramatic improvement in the babies' clinical condition; during subsequent surgical repair of the infants' hearts, the arterial ducts were found to be widely patent. Balloon dilatation gives immediate and sustained wide patency of the arterial duct in infants who do not respond adequately to prostaglandin E2.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
339
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Balloon dilatation of the arterial duct in congenital heart disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Heart Clinic, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article