Recovery from neonatal myocardial dysfunction after treatment of acute hypertension.
Echocardiography showed gross cardiac dysfunction in a neonate with hypertension secondary to renal artery thrombosis. Cardiac recovery was dramatic after control of hypertension with captopril.
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Beaudry
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Coe
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D002216:Captopril / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications
D002216:Captopril