Table 1.
1993: | Preterm birth (35th week of pregnancy); bronchopulmonary dysplasia; severe obstructive pulmonary disease |
1994: | Echocardiography: enlarged RV and RA; normal LV and LA; small PDA with left-to-right shunt |
2006: | Aortic angiography: PDA diameter, 3.5 mm |
Right heart catheterization and PDA trial occlusion: mPAP, 70 mmHg; RV pressures did not significantly decrease after trial occlusion | |
Echocardiography: RV/LV/PV diameter, 24/55/34 mm; maximal pressure gradient across PDA, 16 mmHg | |
2006 – 2014: | Bosentan therapy and close meshed therapy monitoring |
2008: | Echocardiography: RV/LV/PV diameter, 28/54/35 mm; maximal pressure gradient across PDA, 16 mmHg |
Right heart catheterization and PDA trial occlusion: PAP, 94/53/70 mmHg; RAP, 4 mmHg. RV pressures did not significantly decrease after trial occlusion | |
2013: | Echocardiography: RV/LV/PV diameter, 24/59/39 mm |
2014: | Right heart catheterization: see case presentation. Clinical classification: PAH associated with congenital heart disease (PDA) according to positive treatment effect of Bosentan |
Cardiac MR: see case presentation | |
since 2014: | Macitentan therapy |
PDA, patent ductus arteriosus, RV right ventricle, LV left ventricle, PV pulmonary valve, RVP systolic/diastolic/mean, right ventricular pressure, PAP systolic/diastolic/mean, pulmonary arterial pressure, RAP right atrial pressure, PAH pulmonary arterial hypertension