Pulmonary vascular disease in a child with atrial septal defect of the secundum type and type I glycogen storage disease.
A rare combination of atrial septal defect of the secundum type and type I glycogen storage disease was seen with early fatal outcome due to rapidly progressive severe pulmonary vascular disease. Possible reasons for the unexpected, rapidly progressive pulmonary vascular disease are discussed.
Bolz
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland.
Stocker
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Zimmermann
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D018450:Disease Progression; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005953:Glycogen Storage Disease Type I / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant