Survival of Left-to-Right Shunt Repair in Children with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension at a Tertiary Hospital in a Low-to-Middle-Income Country

• Published in: Global heart Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 25
• Main Authors: Arafuri, Nadya, Murni, Indah K, Idris, Nikmah S, Uiterwaal, Cuno S P M, Savitri, Ary I, Nugroho, Sasmito, Noormanto, Noormanto
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Ubiquity Press 21.04.2021
• Subjects: cardiac surgery; Child; children; congenital heart disease; Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary - surgery; Original Research; Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension; Retrospective Studies; survival; Tertiary Care Centers; transcatheter closure; cardiac surgery; Congenital heart disease; transcatheter closure; children; pulmonary arterial hypertension; survival

In low-to-middle-income countries, repair of the left-to-right shunts congenital heart disease (CHD) are often done with existing pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Long-term outcomes data of this condition in either low-to-middle or high-income countries are limited. We conducted a study to eva...