RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Reactive pulmonary hypertension after a switch operation. Successful treatment with glyceryl trinitrate.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 223
OP 225
DO 10.1136/hrt.53.2.223
VO 53
IS 2
A1 J Damen
A1 J F Hitchcock
YR 1985
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/53/2/223.abstract
AB After an arterial switch operation (anatomical correction for transposition of the great arteries) in a 6 month old child reactive pulmonary hypertension developed six hours after cardiopulmonary bypass. Intravenous glyceryl trinitrate was the only means by which the pulmonary hypertension could be reversed.