Unusual Hemodynamic Changes in an Infant with a Restrictive Ventricular Septal Defect |
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Authors: | Antoine Legendre Éric Bergoend Marie Catherine Vaillant Alain Chantepie |
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Institution: | CHRU de Tours, 37044, Tours Cedex 9, France. legendre.girard@club-internet.fr |
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Abstract: | A 7-month-old asymptomatic infant was known to have a restrictive membranous ventricular septal defect partially closed by
an aneurysm of the membranous septum. At 13 months of age, he developed unexpected pulmonary hypertension, with no clinical
sign of cardiac failure. Cardiac catheterization assessed the pulmonary artery pressure at a systemic level with significant
left-to-right shunt. After surgical closure, the pulmonary arterial pressure decreased by 50%. We suspect an enlargement of
the ventricular septal defect caused by the rupture of the aneurysm of the membranous septum—a rare complication. |
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Keywords: | Enlargement of ventricular septal defect Rupture of aneurysm of the membranous septum Pulmonary hypertension |
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