title: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia in a child with atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia have been reported in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension, but not in patients with congenital heart disease even if accompanied with pulmonary hypertension. We present a 7-year-old boy with atrial septal defect and pulmonary hypertension who developed microangiopathic hemolysis and thrombocytopenia. Microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia should be remarked as a complication in patients with congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakasato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Katsuura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hayasaka
mesh_terms: D000743:Anemia, Hemolytic / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*