title: Left pulmonary artery coarctoplasty by using the right pulmonary artery flap near the arterial duct.
abstract: Coarctation of the left pulmonary artery may coexist with tetralogy of Fallot or pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect. Various surgical methods, such as autologous pericardial patching and intraoperative pulmonary artery stenting, have been used for solving this condition. We proposed a simple and effective technique for treating patients with left pulmonary artery coarctation and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect by using the right pulmonary artery flap for left pulmonary artery coarctoplasty, plus central shunt creation by V-Y plasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University, College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hsiao-En
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Shu-Chien
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Shyh-Jye
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Chun-Min
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Ing-Sh
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery* / Q000637:transplantation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*