Anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery from the right coronary artery.
A 5-year-old boy who had an anomalous origin of a stenotic pulmonary artery from the right coronary artery with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia is reported. The diagnosis was made at operation. Successful repair was achieved for the complex anomaly by using a pulmonary artery homograft as a conduit and closing the ventricular septal defect.
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Institute and Fu Wai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
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D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques