Acquired pulmonary vein stenosis as a cause of life-threatening pulmonary hypertension

Ann Thorac Surg. 2003 Jan;75(1):275-7. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)04115-2.

Abstract

We report the case of an infant born prematurely at 27 weeks gestational age with life-threatening pulmonary hypertension crisis as a result of left upper pulmonary vein stenosis. Surgical treatment consisted of a lobectomy, which is a safe and effective procedure. Evidence strongly suggests that the venous stenosis may have resulted from hypertonic drugs infused through an umbilical catheter facing the upper left venous-atrial junction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Infant, Premature, Diseases
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / complications
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / etiology*