Regression of left ventricular dilation after percutaneous closure of a large intralobar pulmonary sequestration.
We describe an infant of 8 months who presented with left ventricular dilation due to an extensive intralobar sequestration of the right lung. The pulmonary sequestration was associated with a patent arterial duct and a right aortic arch. Percutaneous closure of the anomalous aberrant artery feeding the sequestrated lung resulted in prompt regression of the left ventricular enlargement.
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Scientific Institute, Rome, Italy.
Alejandro
A
Alvarez
Francesco
F
Borgia
Paolo
P
Guccione
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001998:Bronchopulmonary Sequestration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012074:Remission Induction; D015619:Respiratory System Abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery