Isolated Unilateral Agenesis of the Pulmonary Artery: Surgical Repair With an Artificial Graft
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Yoichiro Ishii • Takashi Miyamoto • Tohru Kobayashi • Tomio Kobayashi
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
This report describes a 3-month-old Japanese boy with a diagnosis of isolated unilateral agenesis of the proximal right pulmonary artery with severe pulmonary hypertension. One-stage reconstruction of the right pulmonary artery was performed without cardiopulmonary bypass. The hilar right pulmonary artery and the distal main pulmonary artery were joined by anastomosis to an artificial ring graft. The boy’s postoperative course was uneventful, and the pressure in the pulmonary artery was within the normal range. Although mild right pulmonary artery stenosis remained, the authors’ therapeutic strategy may provide a clinically important option for isolated unilateral agenesis of the pulmonary artery.
Pediatr Cardiol (2011) 32:509–511 DOI 10.1007/s00246-011-9887-x Received: 11 December 2010 / Accepted: 3 January 2011 / Published online: 29 January 2011
