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Reanastomosis and rehabilitation of interrupted left pulmonary artery derived from atretic ductus

Part of: Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2020

Andrew F. Schiff
Affiliation:
Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Derek A. Williams
Affiliation:
Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Yoshio Ootaki*
Affiliation:
Brenner Children’s Hospital, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Yoshio Ootaki, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC, 27157, USA. Tel: +(336) 716-2694. E-mail: yotaki@wakehealth.edu

Abstract

True absence of a branch pulmonary artery is rare. We identified a patient initially diagnosed with an absent left pulmonary artery at a previous hospital. Due to disagreement in the initial diagnosis, she had a diagnostic catheterisation, which revealed an isolated left pulmonary artery off the left innominate artery via a ductus. The ductus was recanalised with serial stenting and balloon dilatation followed by reanastomosis to the main pulmonary artery. In a patient who initially is diagnosed with an absent pulmonary artery, an alternative diagnosis, such as this case report, should be considered.

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Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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