title: Mid-aortic syndrome in two preterm infants.
abstract: We report mid-aortic syndrome (MAC) in two preterm infants. Both infants developed malignant hypertension refractory to medical therapy and died early in infancy. Thus far, this account is of the two youngest patients with MAC.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Izraelit
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ratner
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Levasseur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seigle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krishnamurthy
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D018450:Disease Progression; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal