Crossed Pulmonary Arteries in a Patient With Persistent Truncus Arteriosus

Ann Thorac Surg. 2016 Jun;101(6):2377-9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2015.07.069.

Abstract

We report a 14-month-old child with persistent truncus arteriosus and crossed pulmonary arteries. The potential advantage of crossed pulmonary artery arrangement in achieving surgical correction is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
  • Anastomosis, Surgical
  • Cardiomegaly / etiology
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Dobutamine / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Infant
  • Milrinone / therapeutic use
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Sildenafil Citrate / therapeutic use
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / complications
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / surgery*
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods

Substances

  • Dobutamine
  • Sildenafil Citrate
  • Milrinone