Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome

A syndrome of persistent PULMONARY HYPERTENSION in the newborn infant (INFANT, NEWBORN) without demonstrable HEART DISEASES. This neonatal condition can be caused by severe pulmonary vasoconstriction (reactive type), hypertrophy of pulmonary arterial muscle (hypertrophic type), or abnormally developed pulmonary arterioles (hypoplastic type). The newborn patient exhibits CYANOSIS and ACIDOSIS due to the persistence of fetal circulatory pattern of right-to-left shunting of blood through a patent ductus arteriosus (DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT) and at times a patent foramen ovale (FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT).

Also Known As:

ACD-MPV; ACDMPV; Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia With Misalignment Of Pulmonary Veins; Alveolar Capillary Dysplasia With Misalignment Of Pulmonary Veins And Other Congenital Anomalies; Circulation, Persistent Fetal; Familial Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn; Misalignment of the Pulmonary Vessels; Persistent Fetal Circulation; Pulmonary Hypertension, Familial Persistent, of the Newborn; ACD MPV; Fetal Circulation, Persistent; Hypertension, Pulmonary, of Newborn, Persistent; Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of Newborn

Respiratory Tract Diseases: 6015
- Lung Diseases: 22246
  - Pulmonary Hypertension: 16678
    - Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome: 122
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities: 933
- Diseases Newborn Infant: 266
  - Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome: 122

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