| Autor: |
Ken, Sato, Yoshio, Misawa, Masaaki, Kawada, Yoshiyuki, Maekawa |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| Zdroj: |
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery. 69(5) |
| ISSN: |
0021-5252 |
| Popis: |
Although many patients with a ventricular septa defect undergo primary intra-cardiac repair surgery, some patients require 2-stage repair with pulmonary artery banding. Patients with 21-trisomy, who exhibit fragility of the pulmonary vasculature and respiratory systems, may be candidates for this approach. Herein, we report the case of a 21-trisomy patient with ventricular septal defect associated with pulmonary hypertension. She underwent pulmonary artery banding at 4 months of age, and a subsequent radical operation at 27 months. Serial pathological findings between pre- and post-pulmonary artery banding revealed that changes of pulmonary vasculature and respiratory systems were reversible. Her Heath-Edwards grade changed from 0 from II and index of pulmonary vasculature disease changed from 1.1 to 1.0. In conclusion, pulmonary artery banding in a case with pulmonary hypertension prevented the lung from becoming irreversible pathological changes. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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