Journal article
Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery
The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.96(6), pp.2230-2231
12/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.057
PMID: 24296194
Abstract
Unilateral absence of a proximal pulmonary artery (UAPA) is rare and occurs in an isolated form or in the presence of other cardiovascular anomalies. There is a paucity of literature describing surgical correction of this anomaly. Most commonly, a primary anastomosis between the main and proximal right pulmonary arteries has been described. However, in cases of long-gap discontinuity, this can be difficult and may result in excess tension on the anastomosis, predisposing to decreased patency. We present a novel technique by which discontinuity in the right pulmonary artery (RPA) is surgically corrected in a semiautologous fashion using a main pulmonary artery (MPA) flap.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery
- Creators
- Ahmad Y El-Hattab - Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IowaDomenico CalcaterraKalpaj R ParekhNicholas P RossiJames E DavisJoseph W Turek
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Annals of thoracic surgery, Vol.96(6), pp.2230-2231
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.057
- PMID
- 24296194
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
- eISSN
- 1552-6259
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/2013
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Surgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984025360102771
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