Progressive pulmonary vein stenosis in down syndrome infant: A rare cause of pulmonary hypertension
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
Pulmonary veins stenosis in a Down Syndrome infant with normal connection pulmonary vein is rare and precise incidence of this disease is unknown. We report a case of progressive multiple pulmonary vein stenosis in a Down Syndrome infant with congenital heart disease and transient myeloproliferative leukaemia. This case-report aims to improve awareness among physicians and sonographers of this disease and the importance of pulmonary vein assessment in congenital heart disease with unexplained pulmonary hypertension.
Keywords
artery catheterization, artery dilatation, Article, bronchopneumonia, case report, clinical article, congenital heart disease, coronary artery fistula, Down syndrome, echocardiography, heart atrium septum defect, human, hypoplasia, infant, lung artery pressure, male, myeloproliferative neoplasm, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary vein stenosis, respiratory distress, stenosis, systolic blood pressure
Divisions
fac_med
Publication Title
Medical Journal of Malaysia
Volume
73
Issue
2
Publisher
Malaysian Medical Association