Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis as a cause of life-threatening pulmonary hypertension.
We report the case of an infant born prematurely at 27 weeks gestational age with life-threatening pulmonary hypertension crisis as a result of left upper pulmonary vein stenosis. Surgical treatment consisted of a lobectomy, which is a safe and effective procedure. Evidence strongly suggests that the venous stenosis may have resulted from hypertonic drugs infused through an umbilical catheter facing the upper left venous-atrial junction.
Jaillard
Sophie M
SM
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France. sjaillard@chru-lille.fr
Godart
François R
FR
Rakza
Thameur
T
Chanez
Arnaud
A
Lequien
Pierre
P
Wurtz
Alain J
AJ
Storme
Laurent
L
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*