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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Method for the Visualization and Assessment of Specific Parameters of the Pulmonary Veins
Published on: October 28, 2020
Three-dimensional reconstruction identifies misaligned pulmonary veins as intrapulmonary shunt vessels in alveolar
Csaba Galambos1, Sunder Sims-Lucas2, Steven H Abman3
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO; Pediatric Heart Lung Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine and Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO.
Abstract:
Alveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD) with misalignment of pulmonary veins (MPV) is a lethal neonatal lung disease. Death from ACD/MPV is caused by hypoxia, but the role of the MPV is unknown. Using 3-dimensional reconstruction of ACD/MPV lung tissue, we report that the veins in MPV are intrapulmonary shunt vessels, and speculate that MPV contributes to the poor prognosis.
