Atrial Septal Defects Accelerate Pulmonary Hypertension Diagnoses in Premature Infants

• Main Authors: Shilpa Vyas-Read (Author), Lokesh Guglani (Author), Prabhu Shankar (Author), Curtis Travers (Author), Usama Kanaan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Between 4 and 16% of extremely premature infants have late pulmonary hypertension (PH) (onset >30 days of life), and infants with PH have a higher risk of tracheostomy and death. Atrial septal defects (ASD) increase pulmonary blood flow and may promote PH in at-risk infants. The objective of this...