title: Surgery for unilateral absence of pulmonary artery using autologous tissue.
abstract: A 7-year-old girl with unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery underwent autologous tissue limited reconstructive surgery. The proximal portion of the artery was reconstructed by rotating a reverse U-shaped cut opposite the pulmonary arterial wall and covering the anterior surface with autologous pericardium. Follow-up catheterization at 5.8 years after surgery revealed no stenosis. This procedure could become one of the preferred methods for this unusual clinical condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. hzi03567@nifty.com
authors.forename: Yoshimichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: Hiromi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shin'oka
authors.forename: Yukihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Isomatsu
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome