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H C Lue

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Scimitar syndrome complicated with right pneumonectomy syndrome: report of one case.

A 2-month-old infant, suffering from respiratory distress, was suspected to have scimitar syndrome from a chest roentgenogram and was diagnosed by cardiac catheterization. Ligation of the aberrant feeding arteries and right lung resection was performed at three and four months of age, respectively. However, the postoperative course was complicated with right pneumonectomy syndrome requiring continuous artificial ventilation. With supportive management, the patient improved gradually and was eventually weaned off the ventilator at three years of age.

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Unilateral pulmonary vein stenosis with atrial septal defect: report of one case.

A male infant with stenosis of the left pulmonary veins and atrial septal defect is reported. He began to have repeated pulmonary infections, with poor response to medical treatment, when he was 6 months old. Localized stenosis of the left upper and lower pulmonary veins were diagnosed with cardiac catheterization at the age of 7 months. Transvenous balloon dilation was attempted, but failed. Surgical treatment with pericardial patch venoplasty of the left pulmonary veins and closure of the atrial septal defect successfully released the pulmonary venous obstruction. There has been a follow-up for more than one year, and no cardiopulmonary symptoms were reported.

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[Absent pulmonary valve syndrome in tetralogy of Fallot: report of two cases].

A combination of absence of the pulmonary valve with ventricular septal defect, annular pulmonary stenosis and aneurysm of the pulmonary artery is called "absent pulmonary valve syndrome". Most patients with this condition suffered from severe respiratory symptoms in early infancy. Respiratory failure which is the leading cause of mortality in infants with this syndrome, results from pulmonary emphysema, pulmonary atelectasis or pulmonary infection as a consequence of compression of the bronchus by the pulmonary aneurysm. If these patients can be treated medically to survive beyond one year old, gradual decrease in severity of symptoms is expected. A definite correction in childhood is recommended. Otherwise, palliative operation in infancy has a high mortality rate. This paper reported two cases with severe symptoms in infancy; one patient expired at nine months of age, and the other lived beyond one year to receive surgical correction at the age of three. The etiology, clinical features and treatment of absent pulmonary valve syndrome are also discussed.

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Prognosis of coronary arterial lesions in Kawasaki disease treated without intravenous immunoglobulin.

From 1981 to 1989, a total of 86 consecutive patients with definite Kawasaki disease who received aspirin but not intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy during the acute stage were studied. Thirty-eight of them (44%) had coronary arterial lesion (CAL) on initial two dimensional echocardiograms. Of them, 21 (56%) had ectatic coronary changes, 13 (34%) had small to large coronary aneurysms (diameter < or = 8 mm) and 4 (10%), giant coronary aneurysms (diameter > 8 mm). Patients with CAL had, in the acute stage, a longer duration of fever (p < 0.01), higher maximum platelet counts (p < 0.05) and a higher one-hour erythrocyte sedimentation rate (< 0.01) than those without. Males were associated with a higher incidence of aneurysmal dilatation of the CAL. By actuarial event-free analysis, more than half of the ectatic coronary lesions regressed within two months of onset, and 86% became normal on echocardiograms within a two-year follow-up period. Ectatic lesions had a significantly higher chance of regression than aneurysmal lesions (p < 0.01). Furthermore, none of the giant aneurysms regressed (p < 0.05, as compared with those coronary aneurysms smaller than 8 mm in diameter). It was concluded that coronary arterial lesions occurred in a substantial number of Chinese children with Kawasaki disease who received only aspirin therapy. Regression of the lesions was related to their size and morphology.

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