TY - JOUR T1 - Monitoring cardiovascular function in infants with chronic lung disease of prematurity JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F15 LP - F18 DO - 10.1136/fn.87.1.F15 VL - 87 IS - 1 AU - S H Abman Y1 - 2002/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F15.abstract N2 - In addition to persistent airways disease, survivors of premature birth with chronic lung disease are at risk of cardiovascular sequelae, including pulmonary hypertension, systemic hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and exercise intolerance. The major treatment of pulmonary hypertension is supplemental oxygen, but drugs such as calcium channel blockers may also be required. The use of inhaled nitric oxide for its long term management is being investigated ER -