Surgery for unilateral absence of pulmonary artery using autologous tissue.
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.
Kosaka
Yoshimichi
Y
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. hzi03567@nifty.com
Kurosawa
Hiromi
H
Hoshino
Shuichi
S
Shin'oka
Toshiharu
T
Isomatsu
Yukihisa
Y
Tsuji
Yasuhiro
Y
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