Pulmonary artery partition: new method for correction of interrupted aortic arch.
We have successfully corrected interrupted aortic arch with ventricular septal defect by employing deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest, a median sternotomy incision, and a pulmonary arteriotomy. This simplified technique has the advantage of an abbreviated period of cerebral ischemia, with a relatively simple partitioning of the pulmonary artery.
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male