title: Dependence on a respiratory ventilator due to an atrial septal defect.
abstract: An atrial septal defect is commonly thought of as a benign cardiac lesion especially in infancy. The haemodynamic consequences for the lungs, nonetheless, can be comparable to that produced by patency of the arterial duct. In a preterm boy, this lesion led to the development of broncho-pulmonary dysplasia, and dependence on a respiratory ventilator. He could be extubated shortly after surgical closure of the septal defect.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Motz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grässl
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Trawöger
mesh_terms: D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial