Heart Failure in a Preterm Infant. Case Report and Echocardiographic Clues for the Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Sequestration | Zendy

RodriguezGonzalez Moises | Zendy; SegadoArenas Antonio | Zendy; MatamalaMorillo Miguel A. | Zendy

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Heart Failure in a Preterm Infant. Case Report and Echocardiographic Clues for the Diagnostic Approach to Pulmonary Sequestration

Author(s) -

RodriguezGonzalez Moises,

SegadoArenas Antonio,

MatamalaMorillo Miguel A.

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

echocardiography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404

H-Index - 62

eISSN - 1540-8175

pISSN - 0742-2822

DOI - 10.1111/echo.13260

Subject(s) - pulmonary sequestration , medicine , heart failure , ductus arteriosus , cardiology , lung , bronchopulmonary sequestration

Pulmonary sequestration is an unusual cause of heart failure in infants. We report a preterm newborn with signs of congestive heart failure supposed secondary to a ductus arteriosus that was finally diagnosed as a coexistent extralobar pulmonary sequestration. In this case, Doppler echocardiography was essential for diagnosis, revealing an abnormal systemic arterial supply to the sequestered lung and abnormal venous drainage.

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