Miki Y, Waki K, Arakaki Y. Postoperative Lung Perfusion with Anomalous Origin of One Pulmonary Artery from the Aorta.
Int Heart J 2018;
59:1166-1168. [PMID:
30101844 DOI:
10.1536/ihj.17-258]
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Abstract
Pulmonary artery damage is difficult to estimate in a patient with one pulmonary artery from the aorta, and the pulmonary artery of anomalous origin is usually damaged. We describe a newborn patient with anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the aorta who presented with significant lung perfusion at the anastomotic site 6 months postoperatively; the left/right perfusion ratio was 10:90 on a scintigram. The unbalanced left/right lung perfusion gradually improved over a number of years. In a newborn patient with anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the aorta, unbalanced lung perfusion may improve.
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