Case report
English
K.C. Sehgal 1, R. Baloch 1, M. Elmahoob 2
1-El-Fatah Children’s Hospital, Benghazi, S.P.L.A .J. 2-Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, S.P.L.A.J.
Garyounis Medical Journal Vol. 6, No.2. July 1983:243-245
Abstract
A patient with hydrocephalus who had undergone ventriculo venous shunt three years earlier is being reported. She developed irreversible cardio-respiratory changes due to advanced pulmonary hypertension proved by echocardiography. It is recommended that all hydrocephalic children with shunts should have cardiac evaluation especially by echocardiography at least every six months in order to detect early cardio-pulmonary problems and avert cardiac failure.
Keywords: Cardio-Respiratory Complications of Ventriculovenous Shunt in Hydrocephalus
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