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Dependence on a respiratory ventilator due to an atrial septal defect

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Reinald Motz ,
Gerhard Grässl  and
Rudolf Trawöger
Reinald Motz*
Affiliation:
Paediatric Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Gerhard Grässl
Affiliation:
Paediatric Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
Rudolf Trawöger
Affiliation:
Paediatric Hospital of the University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
*
Reinald Motz, FRACP MD, Zentrum für kinder und Jugendliche, Elisabeth Krankenhaus, Stadt Kliniken Oldenburg, Cloppenburgersrr 363, 26133 Olderburg. Germany
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Abstract

An atrial septal defect is commonly thought of as a benign cardiac lesion especially in infancy. The haemodynamic consequences for the lungs, nonetheless, can be comparable to that produced by patency of the arterial duct. In a preterm boy, this lesion led to the development of broncho-pulmonary dysplasia, and dependence on a respiratory ventilator. He could be extubated shortly after surgical closure of the septal defect.

Keywords

Atrial septal defectpreterm infantbroncho-pulmonary dysplasia
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , March 2000 , pp. 150 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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