Repair of right pulmonary artery transection after blunt trauma
Sara J Pereira1, James A Narrod
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St Mary's Hospital and Medical Center, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506, USA. sara.pereira@stmarygj.org
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 24, 2009
Abstract:
Acute pulmonary artery transection after blunt trauma is presumed to be a fatal injury. We report a case of right pulmonary artery transection successfully repaired with cardiopulmonary bypass and primary end-to-end anastomosis.
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