Safety of Sildenafil Use in Patients with BT Shunt Dependent Congenital Heart Disease
| Autor: | Mackenzie Madison, Ryan Serrano, Tisha Kivett, Timothy Hartman, Greg Montgomery, Michael Johansen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Heart disease Low oxygen business.industry Sildenafil Retrospective cohort study medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Shunt (medical) chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Cardiology Pulmonary blood flow In patient business |
| Zdroj: | Pediatrics. 147:394-394 |
| ISSN: | 1098-4275 0031-4005 |
| DOI: | 10.1542/peds.147.3ma4.394a |
| Popis: | Purpose The Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt is a surgical procedure that establishes a permanent source of pulmonary or systemic blood flow in children with severely obstructed or hypoplastic vessels. Post-operatively, one of the major challenges for the practitioner is to maintain a balanced pulmonary to systemic blood flow ratio. For those patients with persistently low oxygen saturations or concern for pulmonary hypertension, some practitioners empirically trial selective phosphodiesterase inhibitors in an attempt to increase pulmonary blood flow. The purpose of this retrospective study was to evaluate the patient characteristics, indication, side … |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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