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  • Title: [Case report of successful treatment of patent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary hypertension in an adult].
    Author: Furukawa H, Hata T, Tsushima Y, Matsumoto M, Hamanaka S, Yoshitaka H, Fujiwara K, Kuroki K, Masuda Z.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 1997 Oct; 50(11):958-61. PubMed ID: 9330520.
    Abstract:
    A 40-year-old man was diagnosed as having PDA with severe PH by cardiac catheterization. We decided that surgery was indicated on the basis of 100% oxygen inhalation test. After 100% oxygen inhalation, left to right shunt changed from 37.8% to 61.5%, Qp/Qs changed from 1.43 to 2.60, and PVR changed from 1,199 dyne/sec/cm5 to 237 dyne/sec/cm5. We decided to perform surgery. Under extracorporeal circulation, PDA was safely closed by triple ligation and was directly closed after pulmonary arteriotomy. The postoperative course was uneventful. Severe PH was greatly improved, pulmonary artery pressure recovering to the normal range, by administering PGE1, prostacyclin (PGI2), and nitroglycerin.
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