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Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (Pphn)

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Clinical syndrome of severe respiratory failure and hypoxia in a neonate characterized by high systemic pulmonary arterial pressures, tricuspid regurgitation, and intracardiac shunting from right to left through persistent fetal pathways, including a patent foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus

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