| Literature DB >> 20417794 |
Young-Hwue Kim1, Jeong Jin Yu, Tae-Jin Yun, Yonghee Lee, Yong Beom Kim, Hyung Soon Choi, Won Kyoung Jhang, Hong Ju Shin, Jeong-Jun Park, Dong-Man Seo, Jae-Kon Ko, In-Sook Park.
Abstract
We report a woman with atrial septal defect and severe pulmonary hypertension with 25.0 Wood unit.m(2) of indexed total pulmonary vascular resistance. She underwent successful corrective repair of atrial septal defect after 2 years of treatment with sildenafil, and has been monitored for 4 years after repair. This case supports a "treat and repair" approach using advanced pulmonary vasodilator therapy in selected patients with inoperable severe pulmonary hypertension associated with atrial septal defect. Copyright (c) 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20417794 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.10.027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN: 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330