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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis

The diagnosis of primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often overlooked because its symptoms overlap lung diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Its diagnosis may be difficult because the condition is progressive and associated with other defects. We present a case of pulmonary vein stenosis in...

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Autores principales: Bravo-valenzuela, Nathalie Jeanne Magioli, Silva, Guilherme Ricardo Nunes, Varella, Marcela Pinto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26457207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/870257
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author Bravo-valenzuela, Nathalie Jeanne Magioli
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description The diagnosis of primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often overlooked because its symptoms overlap lung diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Its diagnosis may be difficult because the condition is progressive and associated with other defects. We present a case of pulmonary vein stenosis in a newborn with stenosis of the left-sided common pulmonary vein, diffuse hypoplasia of the superior right pulmonary vein, and atresia of the inferior right pulmonary vein.
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spelling pubmed-45927332015-10-11 Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis Bravo-valenzuela, Nathalie Jeanne Magioli Silva, Guilherme Ricardo Nunes Varella, Marcela Pinto Case Rep Cardiol Case Report The diagnosis of primary pulmonary vein stenosis is often overlooked because its symptoms overlap lung diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension. Its diagnosis may be difficult because the condition is progressive and associated with other defects. We present a case of pulmonary vein stenosis in a newborn with stenosis of the left-sided common pulmonary vein, diffuse hypoplasia of the superior right pulmonary vein, and atresia of the inferior right pulmonary vein. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4592733/ /pubmed/26457207 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/870257 Text en Copyright © 2015 Nathalie Jeanne Magioli Bravo-valenzuela et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bravo-valenzuela, Nathalie Jeanne Magioli
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Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title_full Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title_fullStr Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title_short Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in a Newborn: A Commonly Overlooked Diagnosis
title_sort pulmonary vein stenosis in a newborn: a commonly overlooked diagnosis
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4592733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26457207
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/870257
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