Surgery for unilateral absence of pulmonary artery using autologous tissue
Yoshimichi Kosaka1, Hiromi Kurosawa, Shuichi Hoshino
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. hzi03567@nifty.com
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 8, 2003
Abstract:
A 7-year-old girl with unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery underwent autologous tissue limited reconstructive surgery. The proximal portion of the artery was reconstructed by rotating a reverse U-shaped cut opposite the pulmonary arterial wall and covering the anterior surface with autologous pericardium. Follow-up catheterization at 5.8 years after surgery revealed no stenosis. This procedure could become one of the preferred methods for this unusual clinical condition.
