Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.
2018 Feb;51(1):57-60. 10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.1.57.
Airway Improvement with Medium-Term Compression Duration after Right Pulmonary Artery Anterior Translocation
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- 1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Korea. whiteuri@hanmail.net
- 2Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Korea.
- KMID: 2409714
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.1.57
Abstract
- Left main bronchus compression occasionally occurs in patients with cardiac disease. A 19-month-old female patient weighing 6.7 kg was admitted for recurrent pneumonia and desaturation. She had an a trial septal defect (AS D) with a right aortic arch. Her left main bronchus had been compressed between the enlarged right pulmonary artery (RPA) and the descending thoracic aorta for 14 months. We conducted ASD closure and RPA anterior translocation via sternotomy. The left main bronchus compression was relieved despite the medium-term duration of compression.
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