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Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery.

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El-Hattab, AY; Calcaterra, D; Parekh, KR; Rossi, NP; Davis, JE; Turek, JW
Published in: Ann Thorac Surg
December 2013

Unilateral absence of a proximal pulmonary artery (UAPA) is rare and occurs in an isolated form or in the presence of other cardiovascular anomalies. There is a paucity of literature describing surgical correction of this anomaly. Most commonly, a primary anastomosis between the main and proximal right pulmonary arteries has been described. However, in cases of long-gap discontinuity, this can be difficult and may result in excess tension on the anastomosis, predisposing to decreased patency. We present a novel technique by which discontinuity in the right pulmonary artery (RPA) is surgically corrected in a semiautologous fashion using a main pulmonary artery (MPA) flap.

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Ann Thorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1552-6259

Publication Date

December 2013

Volume

96

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2230 / 2231

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Surgical Procedures
  • Vascular Malformations
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Respiratory System
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies
 

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El-Hattab, A. Y., Calcaterra, D., Parekh, K. R., Rossi, N. P., Davis, J. E., & Turek, J. W. (2013). Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery. Ann Thorac Surg, 96(6), 2230–2231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.057
El-Hattab, Ahmad Y., Domenico Calcaterra, Kalpaj R. Parekh, Nicholas P. Rossi, James E. Davis, and Joseph W. Turek. “Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery.Ann Thorac Surg 96, no. 6 (December 2013): 2230–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.057.
El-Hattab AY, Calcaterra D, Parekh KR, Rossi NP, Davis JE, Turek JW. Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec;96(6):2230–1.
El-Hattab, Ahmad Y., et al. “Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery.Ann Thorac Surg, vol. 96, no. 6, Dec. 2013, pp. 2230–31. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.02.057.
El-Hattab AY, Calcaterra D, Parekh KR, Rossi NP, Davis JE, Turek JW. Semiautologous repair for congenital discontinuous right pulmonary artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec;96(6):2230–2231.
Journal cover image

Published In

Ann Thorac Surg

DOI

EISSN

1552-6259

Publication Date

December 2013

Volume

96

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2230 / 2231

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • Vascular Surgical Procedures
  • Vascular Malformations
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Surgical Flaps
  • Respiratory System
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Male
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Humans
  • Follow-Up Studies