We present a case of a one-day-old newborn,without prenatal diagnosis,referred to our cardiologic intensive care unit in critical condition presenting sub-cyanosis and peripheral oxygen saturation of 80%.Echocardiogra...We present a case of a one-day-old newborn,without prenatal diagnosis,referred to our cardiologic intensive care unit in critical condition presenting sub-cyanosis and peripheral oxygen saturation of 80%.Echocardiography diagnosis was tricuspid valve dysplasia with severe regurgitation,functional pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum and reversal flow in the large patent ductus arteriosus(PDA).Chest X-ray showed severe cardiomegaly and wall to wall heart.Prostaglandin E1 infusion was started once after birth.After few days,clinical conditions progressively worsened because of right heart failure;a first pharmacological approach to close PDA failed and surgery ligation of PDA was necessary to restore anterograde pulmonary flow and heart size.展开更多
文摘We present a case of a one-day-old newborn,without prenatal diagnosis,referred to our cardiologic intensive care unit in critical condition presenting sub-cyanosis and peripheral oxygen saturation of 80%.Echocardiography diagnosis was tricuspid valve dysplasia with severe regurgitation,functional pulmonary valve atresia with intact ventricular septum and reversal flow in the large patent ductus arteriosus(PDA).Chest X-ray showed severe cardiomegaly and wall to wall heart.Prostaglandin E1 infusion was started once after birth.After few days,clinical conditions progressively worsened because of right heart failure;a first pharmacological approach to close PDA failed and surgery ligation of PDA was necessary to restore anterograde pulmonary flow and heart size.