Endovascular stent implantation to relieve extrinsic right pulmonary artery compression due to an enlarged neoaorta.
This case report describes extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery, following aortic reconstructive surgery, to create a neo-ascending aorta in a 5-year-old boy with aortic atresia, coarctation of the aorta, and a ventricular septal defect, in an effort to achieve a biventricular circulation (Yasui operation). The obstruction was successfully relieved by transcatheter implantation of a balloon-expandable stent.
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Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Ontario, Canada.
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D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000601:surgery; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D015607:Stents