PEDIATRICS Vol. 75 No. 2 February 1985, pp. 314-317
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High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema with Absent Right Pulmonary Artery

Billy Rios MD1, David J. Driscoll MD1, and Dan G. McNamara MD1

1 From The Lillie Frank Abercrombie Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston

High-altitude pulmonary edema potentially is fatal. Adults with unilateral absence of a right pulmonary artery are particularly susceptible to high-altitude pulmonary edema. The occurrence of high-altitude pulmonary edema was documented in a child with congenital absence of the right pulmonary artery. Improvement occurred only upon descent to low altitude. Physicians should be aware of this life-threatening condition in children ascending to high altitude, particularly in individuals with unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery.

Key Words: absent right pulmonary artery • high-altitude pulmonary edema

Submitted on October 3, 1983
Accepted on March 30, 1984




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