| Literature DB >> 19766841 |
Kwang-Jong Lee1, Shoichiro Kamagata, Seiichi Hirobe, Miki Toma, Takuo Furukawa, Naoki Fukushima, Yukihiro Inomata.
Abstract
We report a rare case of coexisting pulmonary artery sling, congenital tracheal stenosis, and dextrocardia caused by right lung hypoplasia. Successful treatment of severe postoperative tracheomalacia was achieved by aortopexy, aiming displacement of the aortic arch across orthogonally in front of the trachea due to dextrocardia. The aim of this surgery was different from the usual aortopexy for tracheomalacia, which lifts the tracheal wall with the aorta. The three-dimensional evaluation considering the patient's associated malformations led to a successful result.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19766841 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.095
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN: 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330