[Chronic pulmonary heart disease during ventriculo-atrial shunts in children].
This grave complication is a major cause of mortality in ventriculo-atrial shunts in children with hydrocephalus. It occurs at a much higher rate than with long-term indwelling intracavitary pacemakers, which suggests that the shunt procedure is responsible for either chronic infection or the introduction of cerebral thromboplastin.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology
Coeur pulmonaire chronique au cours des dérivations ventriculo-atriales chez l'enfant