Open AccessAnomalous origin of right pulmonary artery from innominate artery: Repair using pulmonary artery pedicled flap plasty
Author(s) -
Roy Varghese,
Jai Ganesh,
Jeeva Nandam,
Sujathaa Ravikumar,
Kothandam Sivakumar
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_144_16
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary artery , anastomosis , right pulmonary artery , artery , surgery , cardiology , radiology
Origin of the right pulmonary artery from innominate artery is an exceedingly rare anomaly. We report two cases with this anomaly that underwent surgical repair. The surgical technique described achieves tissue-to-tissue anastomosis using a pedicled flap from the main pulmonary artery.