title: Heart Failure in a Preterm Infant. Case Report and Echocardiographic Clues for the Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Sequestration.
abstract: Pulmonary sequestration is an unusual cause of heart failure in infants. We report a preterm newborn with signs of congestive heart failure supposed secondary to a ductus arteriosus that was finally diagnosed as a coexistent extralobar pulmonary sequestration. In this case, Doppler echocardiography was essential for diagnosis, revealing an abnormal systemic arterial supply to the sequestered lung and abnormal venous drainage.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology Section, University Hospital of Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain.
authors.forename: Moises
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Gonzalez
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology Section, University Hospital of Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segado-Arenas
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology Section, University Hospital of Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain.
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matamala-Morillo
mesh_terms: D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000379:methods*
keywords: congestive heart failure; echocardiography; infants; pulmonary sequestration