Left main bronchus compression after arterial switch for transposition.
A case of left main bronchus obstruction after an arterial switch is described. The clinical features and successful management are described, and a mechanism for this complication is proposed.
Worsey
J
J
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583.
Pham
S M
SM
Newman
B
B
Park
S C
SC
del Nido
P J
PJ
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*