title: Left main bronchus compression after arterial switch for transposition.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2583.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Worsey
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: del Nido
mesh_terms: 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*