Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease after defect repair: the effect of pregnancy

Abstract Background An increasing number of patients with previously repaired congenital heart disease (CHD) present with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This can occur immediately after repair (residual PAH) or years later. Case presentation We present the case of a young woman who underwent...

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Main Authors: Margarita Brida, Carla Favoccia, Andrew Constantine, Konstantinos Dimopoulos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:Journal of Congenital Cardiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40949-020-00046-8