title: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis in a premature infant without bronchopulmonary dysplasia: a case report.
abstract: Primary pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) presenting in childhood is uncommon and is related to premature with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). Here we present a premature infant with primary PVS and without BPD. In our case, a 19-month-old girl was diagnosed with PVS, atrial septal defect and patent arterial duct by echocardiography and selective pulmonary artery angiography. Interestingly in the first 2 month after birth, there was no clue of PVS by bed echocardiography in the patient. It is important to focus on the pulmonary vein blood velocity in premature infants and very low birth weight infants even without BPD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, West Beijing Road 1400-24, Shanghai 200040, PR China.
authors.forename: Lijian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, West Beijing Road 1400-24, Shanghai 200040, PR China.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Children's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, West Beijing Road 1400-24, Shanghai 200040, PR China. Electronic address: she6nt@163.com.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011668:Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography
keywords: Premature; Pulmonary vein; Stenosis