Airway Improvement with Medium-Term Compression Duration after Right Pulmonary Artery Anterior Translocation
Left main bronchus compression occasionally occurs in patients with cardiac disease. A 19-month-old female patient weighing 6 .7 k g was admitted for recurrent pneumonia a nd d esaturation. S he h ad a n atrial s eptal defect ( AS D) w ith a right aortic a rch. Her l eft main b ronchus h ad b een...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2018-02-01
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| Series: | Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.kjtcvs.org/journal/download_pdf.php?doi=10.5090/kjtcs.2018.51.1.57 |
| Summary: | Left main bronchus compression occasionally occurs in patients with cardiac disease. A 19-month-old female
patient weighing 6 .7 k g was admitted for recurrent pneumonia a nd d esaturation. S he h ad a n atrial s eptal defect
( AS D) w ith a right aortic a rch. Her l eft main b ronchus h ad b een compressed b etween t he e nlarged right
pulmonary artery (RPA) and the descending thoracic aorta for 14 months. We conducted ASD closure and
RPA anterior translocation via sternotomy. The left main bronchus compression was relieved despite the medium-
term duration of compression. |
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| ISSN: | 2233-601X 2093-6516 |