Pulmonary artery reconstruction with aorta during the arterial switch operation
1Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of California-Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. msi@ucdavis.edu
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|May 15, 2012
Abstract:
Pulmonary artery (PA) reconstruction during the arterial switch operation is associated with a risk of subsequent stenosis. We present the case of a neonate who underwent an arterial switch operation and successful PA reconstruction with fresh, autologous aortic tissue. Short-term follow up has demonstrated PA growth and remodeling.
