Extremely premature infants born at 23-25 weeks gestation are at substantial risk for pulmonary hypertension.

Hannes SallmonMartin KoestenbergerAlexander AvianFriedrich ReitererBernhard SchwabergerKatharina MeinelGerhard CvirnStefan Kurath-KollerAndreas GamillschegGeorg Hansmann

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2022)

44% (15/34) of ELGANs developed BPD-PH. All received PH-targeted pharmacotherapy at 3 months, leading to hemodynamic improvements at 12 months in most infants.

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