Late onset of pulmonary hypertension after successful Mustard surgery for d-transposition of the great arteries

Am J Cardiol. 2000 Jan 1;85(1):127-30, A10. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00625-6.

Abstract

Late-onset pulmonary hypertension is a serious complication of Mustard repair for d-transposition of the great arteries. This debilitating complication occurs in 7% of patients who survive to adulthood, even in the face of normal or near-normal postoperative pulmonary pressure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aftercare
  • Age Factors
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Infant
  • Mass Screening
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
  • Risk Factors
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*
  • Ventricular Pressure