RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aortopulmonary collateral arteries mimicking symptomatic ductal shunting in a preterm infant.
JF British Heart Journal
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 93
OP 94
DO 10.1136/hrt.74.1.93
VO 74
IS 1
A1 J. R. Skinner
A1 E. D. Silove
YR 1995
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/74/1/93.abstract
AB A preterm infant with bronchopulmonary dysplasia presented with clinical and Doppler echocardiographic features suggesting a left-to-right ductal shunt. The duct was ligated surgically. Clinical and echocardiographic signs did not change after ligation. Detailed colour Doppler examination ultimately showed several aortopulmonary collateral arteries giving rise to continuous turbulent flow in the main and left pulmonary arteries, similar to that seen with left-to-right ductal shunting.