Heart and Vessels

, Volume 25, Issue 4, pp 353–355 | Cite as

Surgical correction of isolated unilateral absence of right pulmonary artery

  • Takeshi Hiramatsu
  • Shigeru Komori
  • Yoshitaka Okamura
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Takashi Takeuchi
  • Syoichi Shibuta
Case Report

Abstract

A 2-year-old girl with isolated unilateral absence of right pulmonary artery is described. Catheterization at 5 months demonstrated hypoplastic right pulmonary artery by pulmonary venous wedge angiography, and the patient underwent right Blalock-Taussig shunt and angioplasty of right pulmonary artery with autologous pericardial roll as an initial step. At 2 years, she underwent anastomosis of right pulmonary artery to main pulmonary artery with an autologous pericardial tube. Postoperative computed tomography showed a patent reconstructed right pulmonary artery.

Key words

Pericardium Pulmonary artery Surgical anastomosis Congenital heart defect 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Takeshi Hiramatsu
    • 1
  • Shigeru Komori
    • 1
  • Yoshitaka Okamura
    • 1
  • Hiroyuki Suzuki
    • 2
  • Takashi Takeuchi
    • 2
  • Syoichi Shibuta
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryTokyo Women’s Medical UniversityTokyoJapan
  2. 2.Department of PediatricsWakayama Medical UniversityWakayamaJapan

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