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Unexplained Systemic Hypertension After Closure of Ductus Arteriosus

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Anil G Tendolkar, MS Tel: 91 22 409 0802 Fax: 91 22 407 6100 email: atendolkar{at}yahoo.com Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and General Hospital, Sion, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400022, India.

Immediately after surgical closure of a patent ductus arteriosus, a 12-year-old boy developed severe systemic arterial hypertension refractory to medication. The cause of hypertension could not be found, but it came under control 3 weeks postoperatively with a combination of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and chlorothiazide.

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