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Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Compressing the Tracheobronchial Tree Following an Arterial Switch Operation
Author(s) -
Xiao Yaqiong,
Su Wei,
Li Yuman,
Dong Nianguo
Publication year - 2016
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/jocs.12686
Subject(s) - medicine , arterial tree , aneurysm , tree (set theory) , cardiology , pulmonary artery , radiology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
A neonate developed severe dyspnea following an arterial switch operation due to compression of the trachea and left main bronchus by a dilated pulmonary artery. This was relieved by a second procedure in which the dilated pulmonary artery was excised and reconstructed with bovine pericardium. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12686 (J Card Surg 2016;31:106–109)