title: Repair of unilateral absence of right pulmonary artery with contralateral pulmonary artery autograft interposition in an infant.
abstract: Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (PA) is a rare congenital abnormality. Although a traditional 2-stage approach with a preceding systemic-to-PA shunt followed by a definitive repair is mandatory in patients with absent extrapericardial pulmonary arteries, more creative solutions are necessary when 1-stage repair is concerned. We present a novel technique for repairing the absent intrapericardial right pulmonary artery (RPA) with a contralateral PA autograft segment interposition. We believe that this technique using solely autologous tissue is effective in patients in whom the intrapericardial segment of the PAs is absent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Salih
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bilal
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yildirim
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicana International Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avsar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: ozyukselarda@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Arda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozyuksel
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*