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The Case of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the New born.
Sung Oh Kim, Soo Yup Lee, Kyoo Hwan Lee, Soo Jee Moon
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(1):128-133.   Published online January 31, 1988
Persistent pulmoanry hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a syndrome consisting of severe hypoxemia and pulmoanry hypertension that appears within hours of birth. The essential pathophysiologic features of this syndrome is pulmonary artery hypertension causing right-to-left shunt through the patent ductus arteriosus or foramen ovale or both and clinically manifested by central cyanosis and respiratory distress. We recently have experienced 20 hour old female and...
Cineaortography by Countercurrent Injection via the Radial Artery in Neonates and Infants.
Do Hyun Kim, Hong Kun Kim, In Joon Seol, Kyoo Hwan Lee, Goo Hwan Je
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1987;30(7):716-721.   Published online July 31, 1987
Cineaortography by countercurrent injection via the radial artery was performed for the diagnosis of aortic arch anomalies in four infants with congenital heart anomalies. A patent ductus arteriosus, a hypoplastic pulmonary arteries and a normal aortic arch were demonstrated respectively by this method. The complete obstruction at the site of shunt operation for tricuspid atresia type lb was confirmed in the post operative period....