title: Neonatal right lung emphysema due to pulmonary artery sling.
abstract: Pulmonary artery sling is a rare variant of vascular ring where the left pulmonary artery arises from the right and loops behind the trachea or right bronchus causing airway compression. A 40-day-old infant had been mechanically ventilated since birth for severe hypercapnia and right lung emphysema. Left pulmonary artery reimplantation was successfully performed.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy. guidooppido@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oppido
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pace Napoleone
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods