Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with Congenital Heart Diseases.
- Author:
Jung Ha LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, DongGuk University, Goyang, Korea. michel@medimail.co.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Pulmonary arterial hypertension;
Congenital heart disease;
Pediatrics
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Heart Defects, Congenital;
Heart Diseases*;
Heart*;
Hypertension*;
Hypertension, Pulmonary;
Italy;
Mortality;
Pathology;
Pediatrics
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Cardiology Society
2006;10(3):239-252
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a significant complication of congenital heart disease, which carries a recognized risk of morbidity and mortality. There have been remarkable advances in the field of pulmonary arterial hypertension over the past several decades. At the third world symposium on pulmonary arterial hypertension held in Venice, Italy, 2003, congenital cardiac shunts were classified in the same group as idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. This article discusses the recent advances in understanding the pathology, pathobiology, diagnosis, and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated pediatric congenital heart disease.
