Unexplained systemic hypertension after closure of ductus arteriosus

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2002 Mar;10(1):78-9. doi: 10.1177/021849230201000123.

Abstract

Immediately after surgical closure of a patent ductus arteriosus, a 12-year-old boy developed severe systemic arterial hypertension refractory to medication. The cause of hypertension could not be found, but it came under control 3 weeks postoperatively with a combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and chlorothiazide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Chlorothiazide / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / surgery*
  • Enalapril / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / etiology*
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications*

Substances

  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Enalapril
  • Chlorothiazide