Right pulmonary artery-to-left atrium communication: a rare cause of systemic cyanosis.
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.
Alexi-Meskishvili
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Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany.
Dähnert
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Ovroutski
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Hetzer
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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