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Repair of a Ventricular Septal Defect in a Patient with Left Lung Agenesis
Author(s) -
Guo HongWei,
Pan ShiWei,
Song YunHu,
Hu ShengShou
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01286.x
Subject(s) - medicine , left lung , agenesis , lung , cardiology , surgery , anatomy
Congenital heart disease combined with lung agenesis is extremely rare. We report a case of a 5‐year‐old female with a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and left lung agenesis with severe pulmonary hypertension who underwent successful closure of the VSD. (J Card Surg 2011;26:519‐520)