[Agenesis of the right pulmonary artery with severe pulmonary hypertension, attenuated by surgical correction]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1995 Feb;64(2):133-6.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

A 22 months old infant with agenesis of right pulmonary artery, without other associated congenital heart defects, is reported. Reconstruction of pulmonary arteries by connecting them through a 7mm Goretex tube was performed, with clear clinical improvement in view of disappearance of signs of cardiac insufficiency and of hypoxemia. Contralateral pulmonary hypertension, at systemic level, decreased to 77% in the immediate postoperative period. So, this technique becomes the first option, before considering these cases for cardiopulmonary transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Cardiac Output, Low / complications
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery