Pulmonary hypertension in infants with congenital heart defects: are leukotrienes involved?

• Main Authors: A. Serraf (Author), J-P. Gascard (Author), J. Bruniaux (Author), C. Labat (Author), C. Planche (Author), C. Brink (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The circulating levels of leukotriene E4 in infants with congenital heart defects, increased pulmonary blood flow and pulmonary arterial hypertension, were determined and compared with infants with decreased pulmonary blood flow (Tetralogy of Fallot). There was no correlation (r=0.38) between the pu...