title: Alternative approach for angioplasty of stenosed left pulmonary artery following intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: A 5-year-old boy with stenosed left pulmonary artery following total correction of tetralogy of Fallot underwent surgical pulmonary arterioplasty through a left anterolateral thoracotomy on a normothermic perfused heart under cardiopulmonary bypass. We found this to be a convenient approach, and recommend it for correction of this lesion in the absence of gross pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular outflow tract dilatation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ujjwal K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: Saket
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Shyam S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: Balraxn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Airan