RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
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
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP F15
OP F18
DO 10.1136/fn.87.1.F15
VO 87
IS 1
A1 S H Abman
YR 2002
UL http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/1/F15.abstract
AB 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