Repair of anomalous origin of right pulmonary artery from ascending aorta without cardiopulmonary bypass.
Anomalous origin of a pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta (AORPA) is a rare congenital cardiac malformation that needs prompt surgical repair; otherwise it is associated with poor prognosis. We describe 3 cases of AORPA that successfully underwent complete surgical correction without extracorporeal circulation.
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Center, Athens, Greece. fotiosmitropoulos@yahoo.com
Fotios A
FA
Mitropoulos
Meletios A
MA
Kanakis
Mark D
MD
Plunkett
Periklis A
PA
Davlouros
Hillel
H
Laks
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D000075202:Contraindications; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*