morphine and Heart-Septal-Defects--Ventricular

Discussed in this article are the three main anatomic types of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn; (1) maladaptation of the pulmonary vascular bed; (2) excessive muscularization of the pulmonary vascular bed; and (3) underdevelopment of the pulmonary vascular bed.

Topics: Amniotic Fluid; Animals; Arteries; Diagnosis, Differential; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular; Hernia, Diaphragmatic; Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital; Humans; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Infant, Newborn; Kidney; Lung; Meconium; Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome; Pneumonia, Aspiration; Prognosis; Pulmonary Alveoli; Pulmonary Circulation; Rabbits; Rats; Sheep; Vascular Resistance; Vasoconstriction

Topics: Abdominal Muscles; Abnormalities, Multiple; Colon; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent; Female; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Intestine, Small; Meconium; Prostheses and Implants; Respiratory Insufficiency; Transposition of Great Vessels