Open AccessBilateral ductal origin of the pulmonary arteries. Systemic-pulmonary arterial anastomosis as first stage in planned total correction.
Author(s) -
E P Todd,
William G. Lindsay,
Jesse E. Edwards
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.54.5.834
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , pulmonary artery , aorta , cardiology , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , paleontology , biology
Absence of continuity between the heart and the pulmonary arteries has the potential for total correction. When the pulmonary arteries are narrow, a palliative first stage systemic-pulmonary arterial anastomosis serves to enlarge the pulmonary arteries so that, with time, they become of adequate caliber for total correction. In a case with bilateral ductal origin of pulmonary arteries, palliative anastomosis between the aorta and right pulmonary artery was performed as the first stage in a program planned for ultimate total correction.
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