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Ann Thorac Surg 1995;60:1249
© 1995 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Box C-310, 4200 E Ninth Ave, Denver, CO 80262

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See also page 1245.

Pulmonary hypertension secondary to increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is one of the most important determinants of operative morbidity and mortality as well as long-term survival after repair of a left-to-right shunt. Such pulmonary hypertension is derived from the structural remodeling of the pulmonary vascular bed (``fixed'' component of PVR) and from pulmonary vasoconstriction (``reactive'' component of PVR). Because surgical repair . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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