Reactive pulmonary hypertension after a switch operation. Successful treatment with glyceryl trinitrate.
After an arterial switch operation (anatomical correction for transposition of the great arteries) in a 6 month old child reactive pulmonary hypertension developed six hours after cardiopulmonary bypass. Intravenous glyceryl trinitrate was the only means by which the pulmonary hypertension could be reversed.
D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery*
D005996:Nitroglycerin