title: The development of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease after successful Mustard operation in early infancy.
abstract: Pulmonary vascular obstructive disease developed postoperatively in an infant with aortopulmonary transposition and intact ventricular septum who underwent a Mustard operation in 3 months of age. Preoperative catheterization had shown normal pulmonary artery pressures. Four months after surgery, catheterization showed pulmonary artery systolic pressure above the systemic level and a tortuous, attenuated pulmonary vascular tree visualized angiographically. Early corrective surgery may not preclude the development of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease in patients with aortopulmonary transposition.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011312:Pressure; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology