title: Bilateral ductal origin of the pulmonary arteries. Systemic-pulmonary arterial anastomosis as first stage in planned total correction.
abstract: Absence of continuity between the heart and the pulmonary arteries has the potential for total correction. When the pulmonary arteries are narrow, a palliative first stage systemic-pulmonary arterial anastomosis serves to enlarge the pulmonary arteries so that, with time, they become of adequate caliber for total correction. In a case with bilateral ductal origin of pulmonary arteries, palliative anastomosis between the aorta and right pulmonary artery was performed as the first stage in a program planned for ultimate total correction.
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery