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Early Lung Function Testing in Infants with Aortic Arch Anomalies Identifies Patients at Risk for Airway Obstruction

BACKGROUND: Aortic arch anomalies (AAA) are rare cardio-vascular anomalies. Right-sided and double-sided aortic arch anomalies (RAAA, DAAA) are distinguished, both may cause airway obstructions. We studied the degree of airway obstruction in infants with AAA by neonatal lung function testing (LFT)....

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Autores principales: Roehr, Charles Christoph, Wilitzki, Silke, Opgen-Rhein, Bernd, Kalache, Karim, Proquitté, Hans, Bührer, Christoph, Schmalisch, Gerd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179483/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966379
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024903