Multiple arterial anomalies in the newborn infant. Echocardiographic and angiographic diagnosis
Arq Bras Cardiol. 2000 Aug;75(2):137-44.
doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2000000800006.
[Article in
English,
Portuguese]
Affiliation
- 1 Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Abstract
Multiple arterial anomalies characterized by tortuosity and rolling of the pulmonary arteries and aorta were diagnosed on echocardiography in an asymptomatic newborn infant with a phenotype suggesting Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. These changes were later confirmed on angiography, which also showed peripheral vascular abnormalities. The electrocardiogram showed a probable hemiblock of the left anterosuperior branch, and the chest x-ray showed an excavated pulmonary trunk with normal pulmonary flow.
MeSH terms
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Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging*
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Angiography
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Aorta, Abdominal / abnormalities
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Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
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Aorta, Thoracic / abnormalities*
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Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Male
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Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
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Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
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Ultrasonography