title: Le-Compte's maneuver for relief of bronchial compression in atrial septal defect.
abstract: We performed anterior translocation of the pulmonary artery (Le-Compte's maneuver) in a patient with an atrial septal defect with long standing complete collapse of the left lung due to extrinsic compression of the left bronchus by a dilated pulmonary artery. Following the closure of the septal defect and anterior translocation of the pulmonary artery, there was immediate relief of airway obstruction followed by reexpansion of the collapsed lung.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. sachintalwar@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sachin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Talwar
authors.forename: Pranav
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Shiv Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.forename: Shyam Sunder
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kothari
authors.forename: Gurpreet Singh
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: Balram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Airan
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*