Surgical repair of pulmonary arterial sling associated with tetralogy of Fallot.
Pulmonary artery sling associated with tetralogy of Fallot was successfully repaired in 2 patients. In 1 patient, extensive reconstruction was needed for severe hypoplasia in the left pulmonary artery, followed by definitive repair. In the other patient, surgical repair was achieved in a single-stage fashion.
Hanafusa
Yuji
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
Uemura
Hideki
H
Yagihara
Toshikatsu
T
Kagisaki
Koji
K
Takahashi
Masashi
M
Kitamura
Soichiro
S
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications*