Dependence on a respiratory ventilator due to an atrial septal defect.
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.
Motz
R
R
Paediatric Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Grässl
G
G
Trawöger
R
R
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