Age is not a good predictor of irreversibility of pulmonary hypertension in congenital cardiac malformations with left ‐to‐right shunt

ConclusionsPulmonary hypertension may still be reversible in many surprisingly old patients with left‐to‐right shunt lesions, who may therefore still be operable.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/resolve/doi?DOI=10.1111%2Fchd.12545

Source: Congenital Heart Disease - September 1, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Amir ‐Reza Hosseinpour, Marie‐Hélène Perez, David Longchamp, Jacques Cotting, Nicole Sekarski, Michel Hurni, René Prêtre, Stefano Di Bernardo Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research