title: [Surgery of vascular rings associated with complex intracardiac anomaly].
abstract: Two rare cases with surgically treated vascular ring associated with complex congenital cardiac anomaly are reported. Each case showed vascular ring due to right aortic arch, right descending aorta, aberrant left subclavian artery and left ductus arteriosus. Case 1 was a 2-year-old boy associated with ligamentum arteriosum and total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC), and presented dyspnea and dysphagia. Case 2 was a 3-year-old girl associated with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). In case 1, the two-staged operation was performed because of the necessity of mechanical ventilation and of recurrent respiratory infection. Division of the ligamentum, dissection of bronchus and esophagus was performed at the first operation through left thoracotomy, and the intracardiac repair of TAPVC was done three months later. In case 2, PDA division and the intracardiac repair of TOF was done simultaneously through median sternotomy because of the mild symptom of vascular ring and technical feasibility. Each case was successfully treated and became completely asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Niigata University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Miyamura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamato
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shinonaga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatebe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eguchi
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*