title: Anterior translocation of the right pulmonary artery for airway obstruction caused by pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: Both the bronchi are often severely squeezed by the dilated pulmonary artery in infants with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary hypertension. To relieve the considerable residual airway obstruction, the right pulmonary artery is translocated anteriorly to the ascending aorta concomitantly with the intracardiac repair. This technique is a useful procedure for infants with intractable respiratory failure caused by a dilated pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Research Hospital, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. myama@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shuntoh
authors.forename: Akiyuki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinkawa
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*