Medline ® Abstract for Reference 35
of 'Etiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of neonatal hypertension'
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Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm causing renovascular hypertension, cardiomyopathy, and death in a 19-day-old neonate.
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Kim ES, Caiati JM, Tu J, Nowygrod R, Stolar CJ
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J Pediatr Surg. 2001;36(9):1445.
A full-term baby girl who was sent home day of life 2 was admitted to the hospital on day of life 7 for respiratory distress and poor feeding. The child was found to be hypertensive and in heart failure. Further workup led to the diagnosis of a suprarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm, but the infant had deteriorated clinically with heart failure, modest renal failure, renovascular hypertension, and no operative cure. The child died on day of life 20. Early diagnosis and prompt surgical resection are essential to managing this rare and lethal condition.
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Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pathology New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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