title: Right pulmonary artery-to-left atrium communication: a rare cause of systemic cyanosis.
abstract: Direct communication between the right pulmonary artery and the left atrium is a rare congenital vascular malformation. The clinical diagnosis is difficult, and preoperative angiography is essential. We treated this anomaly successfully with surgery and the use of cardiopulmonary bypass in an 11-year-old boy. Surgery provides a complete cure for this anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexi-Meskishvili
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dähnert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ovroutski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery