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Aortopexy – an effective strategy for relief of left main bronchus compression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2020

Saileela Rajan Open the ORCID record for Saileela Rajan [Opens in a new window] ,
Sivasambo Kalpana  and
Robert Coelho
Saileela Rajan*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
Sivasambo Kalpana
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Institute of Child Health and Hospital for Children, Chennai, India
Robert Coelho
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals, Chennai, India
*
Author for correspondence: Saileela Rajan, MIOT Centre for Children’s Cardiac Care, MIOT Hospitals, 4/112, Mount Poonamalee High Road, Manapakkam, Chennai600089, India. Tel: +91-9444881620; Fax: +91 4422491188. E-mail: drsaileelarajan@gmail.com
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Abstract

Congenital anomalies of aortic arch and pulmonary arteries can cause airway compression in children. We present a rare case of left main bronchus compression between the right pulmonary artery and descending thoracic aorta, which was successfully treated by aortopexy.

Keywords

Bronchus compressionabnormal course of descending aortaaortopexypectus excavatum
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 8 , August 2020 , pp. 1191 - 1193
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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