Neonatal Pulmonary Hypertension: Phenotypes, Physiology, and Management

tIn the early 1970s, several case reports and series outlined neonates with cyanosis, respiratory distress associated with right-to-left shunt across the ductus arteriosus, right ventricular hypertrophy, and pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnosed by cineradiography, ECG, or cardiac catheterization.1,2 These infants had either parenchymal lung disease or pulmonary oligemia on chest radiograph and were called persistent pulmonary vascular obstruction in newborn3 or persistent transitional circulation,1 persistent fetal circulation, and subsequently, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn.

Source: Clinics in Perinatology - December 13, 2023 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Steven H. Abman Tags: Preface Source Type: research