Congenital pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, tricuspid insufficiency, and patent ductus arteriosus in two sibs
β Scribed by Eriksen, Nancy L. ;Buttino, Louis ;Juberg, Richard C. ;Opitz, John M. ;Reynolds, James F.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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β¦ Synopsis
Pulmonary atresia comprises only 1% of all congenital heart defects. Counseling the parents on recurrence risks is difficult. We present a rare case of pulmonary atresia in two sibs, along with a review of the literature.
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## Abstract Patients with unrepaired pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect may develop stenosis of collaterals or shunts to the pulmonary arteries leading to hypoperfusion of lungs and systemic hypoxemia. A 25βyearβold female with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect presented