title: [Pulmonary Arterioplasty with Autologous Pericardial Patch for Lung Cancer].
abstract: Three patients underwent left upper lobectomy with arterioplasty of left pulmonary artery trunk for lung cancer. For pulmonary arterioplasty, wide wedge resection and patch plasty with autologous pericardium was performed. No in-hospital death or no postoperative complications due to arterioplasty was encountered. The mean follow-up period was 3.6 years and long-term patency of the reconstructed pulmonary artery was confirmed by computed tomography in all patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, Anjo Kosei Hospital, Anjo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shomura
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hamakawa
authors.forename: Kenichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teranishi
authors.forename: Hisato
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D064592:Autografts; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014654:Vascular Patency