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Left bronchial compression and pulmonary hypertension related to anomalous right pulmonary artery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2016

Jennifer A. Su ,
Andrew L. Cheng  and
Jacqueline R. Szmuszkovicz
Jennifer A. Su*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Andrew L. Cheng
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Jacqueline R. Szmuszkovicz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: J. A. Su, MD, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, 4650 W. Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #34, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States of America. Tel: +323 361 8308; Fax: +323 361 1513; E-mail: jsu@chla.usc.edu
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Abstract

Anomalous origin of a pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a congenital defect that can be complicated by pulmonary arterial hypertension, typically due to vascular disease if the anomaly is left uncorrected past 6 months of age. We describe a unique case of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension with this defect in a 1-month-old infant unexpectedly caused instead by bronchial compression from her dilated left pulmonary artery.

Keywords

Anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the aortaheart failureinfantpulmonary arterial hypertensionpulmonary vascular disease
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 5 , June 2016 , pp. 999 - 1001
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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