early pulmonary arterial hypertension immediately after closure of a ventricular or complete atrioventricular septal defect beyond 6 months of age：（早期肺动脉高血压心室或完成后立即关闭房室中隔缺损超过6个月的年龄）.pdfVIP

International Journal of Cardiology 228 (2017) 313–318 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Cardiology journal homepage: www. else vi er. com/ locate/ijcard Early pulmonary arterial hypertension immediately after closure of a ventricular or complete atrioventricular septal defect beyond 6 months of age P. Bambul Heck, MD a,⁎,1, A. Eicken, MD a,1, J. Kasnar-Samprec, MD b,1, P. Ewert, MD a,1, A. Hager, MD a,1 a Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DHM), Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum München (DHM), Technische Universität München (TUM), Germany a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is virtually absent after closure of ventricular septal defect Received 13 May 2016 (VSD) in the first six months of life. However the prevalence of PAH in patients, who underwent VSD closure Received in revised form 21 September 2016 later, is not clear. The aim of this study was to analyse the prevalence of PAH after a successful VSD closure Accepted 5 November 2016 after the age of 6 months and whether there are risk factors for developing PAH. Available online 9 November 2016 Methods: Echocardiographic and right heart catheter data of patients with VSD or complete atrioventricular sep- tal defect, who underwent VSD closure after the ag