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Associated Pulmonary Hypertension: An Upd" by Ahmed El-Saie, Nidhy P Varghese et al.

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By Nidhy P. Varghese, MELISSA WEBB, Natalie Villafranco, Ahmed El-Saie
| Texas Medical Center
Keywords Infant, Infant, Newborn, Humans, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Infant, Premature, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Lung, Gestational Age, Bronchopulmonary dysplasia, pulmonary hypertension, pathogenesis, diagnosis, management Abstract Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the leading cause of chronic lung disease in infants and the commonest complication of prematurity.
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Atrial Septal Defect Closure Is Associated With Improved Clinical Status in Patients ≤ 10 kg With Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

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By MELISSA WEBB, Milenka Cuevas Guaman, Neil Cambronero, Ryan Coleman
| Texas Medical Center
Abstract Patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) have shown clinical improvement after secundum atrial septal defect (ASD) closure. We sought to determine if this post‐ASD closure improvement is secondary to the expected course in BPD patients or related to the closure itself. A novel BPD‐ASD score was created to assess patients' clinical status (higher score = worse disease) and applied to 10 BPD‐ASD inpatients weighing ≤ 10 kg who underwent ASD closure.
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