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Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome

Medical Definition:	A syndrome of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn infant, without demonstrable cardiac disease. It is characterized by cyanosis and acidosis, severe pulmonary vasoconstriction, hypertrophy of pulmonary arterial muscle, and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, with resultant right-to-left shunting of blood through a patent ductus arteriosus and at times a patent foramen ovale.
Guide Notes:	pulm hypertension in newborn inf; do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; check the tags HUMAN & INFANT, NEWBORN; DF: PFC SYNDROME
Previously Indexed:	Ductus Arteriosus, Patent (1966-1979),Hypertension, Pulmonary (1966-1979),Pulmonary Circulation (1966-1979)

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