| Literature DB >> 2579466 |
H H Sievers, P E Lange, P H Heintzen, A Bernhard.
Abstract
Diminutive pulmonary arteries remain a problem in the surgery of congenital heart disease. This is the second report of a case in which the internal mammary artery was successfully used to enlarge small pulmonary arteries by 50% within 9 months accompanied by improvement of the symptomatic state in a patient with pulmonary atresia and diminutive left pulmonary arteries.Entities:
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Year: 1985 PMID: 2579466 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014084
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN: 0171-6425 Impact factor: 1.827