Isolated aortic stenosis-development of pulmonary hypertension in childhood

Pulmonary hypertension is uncommon in children with isolat-ed congenital aortic stenosis, and even when present is usually mild. It is primarily due to transmission of the elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure through the pulmonary capil-lary circulation and may be then further elevated b...

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Main Authors: Dalal J, Kulkarni H, Jain A, Nair K
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 1979-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Online Access:http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=1979;volume=25;issue=2;spage=117;epage=120;aulast=Dalal