Journal article
Airway compression secondary to left atrial enlargement and increased pulmonary artery pressure
International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, Vol.19(1), pp.33-44
1990
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5876(90)90193-U
PMID: 2140343
Abstract
Although congenital cardiac defects are infrequently considered a cause of major airway compression in neonates and infants, patients with left-sided cardiac enlargement can develop compression of the left mainstem bronchus. This is a consequence of the intimate relationship of the trachea and left mainstem bronchus to the left atrium, left pulmonary veins and left pulmonary artery. If the mean pulmonary arterial pressure, mean left atrial pressure and carinal angle are increased, the likelihood of major airway compression is high.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Airway compression secondary to left atrial enlargement and increased pulmonary artery pressure
- Creators
- Michael E Dailey - Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX U.S.AMartin P O'Laughlin - Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX U.S.ARichard J.H Smith - Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX U.S.A
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology, Vol.19(1), pp.33-44
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1016/0165-5876(90)90193-U
- PMID
- 2140343
- ISSN
- 0165-5876
- eISSN
- 1872-8464
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1990
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984007299702771
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