Abstract
Right pulmonary artery banding was performed in a patient with right hemitruncus at 17 days of age, due to severe hypertension in both pulmonary arteries and severely reduced right ventricular contraction. Following the procedure, the pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular contraction gradually improved with pulmonary vasodilator administration, and total correction was achieved two months later. A cardiac catheter examination at the 1-year follow-up showed normal pressure in both pulmonary arteries and good right ventricular contraction.
Keywords:
Heart defects; Hypertension; Pulmonary artery; congenital.
MeSH terms
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Arterial Pressure
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Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
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Computed Tomography Angiography
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Female
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Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging
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Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
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Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
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Humans
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Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
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Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
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Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
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Infant, Newborn
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Ligation
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Myocardial Contraction
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Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
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Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
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Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
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Pulmonary Circulation
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Recovery of Function
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Time Factors
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Treatment Outcome
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnostic imaging
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*
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Ventricular Function, Right