Multiple arterial anomalies in the newborn infant. Echocardiographic and angiographic diagnosis.
Multiple arterial anomalies characterized by tortuosity and rolling of the pulmonary arteries and aorta were diagnosed on echocardiography in an asymptomatic newborn infant with a phenotype suggesting Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. These changes were later confirmed on angiography, which also showed peripheral vascular abnormalities. The electrocardiogram showed a probable hemiblock of the left anterosuperior branch, and the chest x-ray showed an excavated pulmonary trunk with normal pulmonary flow.
Rivera
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Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Gomes
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L
Moisés
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VA
Silva
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Andrade
J L
JL
Carvalho
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography