Open AccessA comprehensive study of congenital unilateral absence of branch pulmonary artery associated with other congenital heart defects and ipsilateral non-unifocalizable major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries: A single-center retrospective study
Author(s) -
H. Ravi Ramamurthy,
Varsha Walavalkar,
Satheesh Siddaiah,
Sunita Maheshwari
Publication year - 2021
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_99_20
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , pulmonary artery , cardiology , retrospective cohort study , collateral circulation , surgery , single center , artery , cardiac surgery , pulmonary hypertension , heart disease
Congenital unilateral absence of pulmonary artery (UAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly with the complete absence of intrapericardial segment of one of the branch pulmonary arteries. Sixty percent are associated with other congenital heart defects (CHD) that often need correction.