Orthoterminally corrective operation in the presence of severe hypoplasia of a pulmonary artery.
Hypoplasia of the pulmonary arteries has been cited as a contraindication to right vertricular bypass operations. We have successfully corrected a lesion in which the left pulmonary artery was severely hypoplastic and have documented a good hemodynamic result postoperatively. Size of pulmonary arteries is less important than pulmonary vascular resistance as a criterion for orthoterminal correction.
D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014655:Vascular Resistance