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Right Pulmonary Artery-to-Left Atrial Fistula: A Rare Cause of Neonatal Cyanosis

Authors: Saktheeswaran Mahesh Kumar, Sivasubramonian Sivasankaran

Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 3/2013

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A 6-day-old boy born to nonconsanguineous parents after an uneventful pregnancy who had a normal fetal echocardiogram at 24 weeks gestation was referred for evaluation of cyanosis noted since the third day of life. Except for cyanosis and an arterial blood gas saturation of 84 %, the boy’s clinical examination, electrocardiogram (ECG), and chest x-ray were normal. …

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Title: Right Pulmonary Artery-to-Left Atrial Fistula: A Rare Cause of Neonatal Cyanosis
Authors: Saktheeswaran Mahesh Kumar
Sivasubramonian Sivasankaran
Publication date: 01-03-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology / Issue 3/2013
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-012-0534-y

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