Abstract
We report the case of a young woman with continuing haemoptysis, pulmonary atresia, previous shunt surgery, and pulmonary hypertension. She was not suitable for further surgery or for therapeutic embolisation of bronchial vessels. Treatment with tranexamic acid resolved the haemoptysis.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Antifibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
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Blalock-Taussig Procedure
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Female
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Heart Septal Defects / complications*
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Heart Septal Defects / surgery
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Hemoptysis / complications
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Hemoptysis / drug therapy*
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Humans
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Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
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Pulmonary Atresia / complications*
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Pulmonary Atresia / surgery
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Tranexamic Acid / therapeutic use*
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Antifibrinolytic Agents
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Tranexamic Acid
Supplementary concepts
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Pulmonary Atresia With Ventricular Septal Defect