Where the congenital heart disease meets the pulmonary arterial hypertension, FLNA matters: a case report and literature review

• Main Authors: Xiaoxian Deng (Author), Shanshan Li (Author), Qiu Qiu (Author), Bowen Jin (Author), Menghuan Yan (Author), Yuanpin Hu (Author), Yang Wu (Author), Hongmei Zhou (Author), Gangcheng Zhang (Author), Xuan Zheng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Pediatric patients with genetic disorders have a higher incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) regardless of their heart defects. Filamin A (FLNA) mutation is recently recognized to be associated with pediatric pulmonary disorders, however, the clinical courses of PAH...