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A case of reoperation 24 years after repair of absent pulmonary valve syndrome with anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery
- Source :
- The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 46:1329-1333
- Publication Year :
- 1998
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1998.
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Abstract
- We experienced a case of a 38-year-old woman with a persistent cough, 24 years after repair of absent pulmonary valve syndrome with anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery. The right pulmonary artery was massively dilated, thus it caused the compression of the bronchi, which was thought to result in her respiratory symptom. This dilatation of the right pulmonary artery seemed to have progressed because of the following two reasons. The first is the pulmonary hypertension caused by the late reconstruction of the left pulmonary artery. The second is residual pulmonary stenosis and regurgitation after the initial operation without a pulmonary valve insertion. We performed a reoperation consisting of reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract using a valved conduit and plication of the right pulmonary artery. Her postoperative course has been without any complications and satisfactory for the past 2 years.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Reoperation
Pulmonary Valve
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Left pulmonary artery
Pulmonary Artery
medicine.disease
Right pulmonary artery
Pulmonary hypertension
Cardiac surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Cardiothoracic surgery
Pulmonary valve
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
Humans
Ventricular outflow tract
Female
Respiratory Insufficiency
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Pulmonary wedge pressure
business
Dilatation, Pathologic
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18632092 and 13444964
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ea196f6c53ba4f7b8d4de24315482c85