Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension in a child with sickle cell disease

Karrie Villavicencio; Dunbar Ivy; Laura Cole; Rachelle Nuss

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.042

Symptomatic pulmonary hypertension in a child with sickle cell disease

J Pediatr. 2008 Jun;152(6):879-81. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.01.042.

Authors

Karrie Villavicencio¹, Dunbar Ivy, Laura Cole, Rachelle Nuss

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Colorado at Denver Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA.

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension is a survival-limiting complication in adults with homozygous sickle cell disease (SS), but little is known about the development, course, or best treatment of pulmonary hypertension in children with SS. We report the clinical course and treatment of a child with SS-associated, hemolysis-driven pulmonary hypertension.

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Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell / complications*
Child
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
Male

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