Right pulmonary artery obstruction after pulmonary artery banding.
Serial assessment of pulmonary artery flow by Doppler echocardiography was carried out in 15 infants after pulmonary artery banding. Three infants were identified as having branch pulmonary artery obstruction based on diastolic pulmonary artery flow. It is concluded that this flow profile may be specific for branch pulmonary artery obstruction after pulmonary artery banding.
Robertson
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MA
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Canada.
Penkoske
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PA
Duncan
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D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow