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Nitric oxide in pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and Fontan procedure |
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| Authors: | Urcelay Gonzalo E Borzutzky Arturo J Becker Pedro A Castillo Maria E |
| Affiliation: | a Department of Pediatrics, Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile b Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Pontificial Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile c Hospital Sótero del Río, Santiago, Chile |
| Abstract: | Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are a well documented complication of superior cavopulmonary (Glenn) connections. We report the successful management of a case of severe hypoxemia in the early postoperative period of a patient who underwent the Fontan operation. The patient had previously been diagnosed with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations; the use of inhaled nitric oxide was followed up with reversal of life-threatening hypoxemia. At 6-month postoperative follow-up, the patient was asymptomatic with near normal aortic saturation. |
| Keywords: | 21 |
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