Two-Stage Surgical Repair for Truncus Arteriosus with Unilateral Absence of the Left Proximal Pulmonary Artery: Translocation of the Left Pulmonary Artery to the Right Pulmonary Artery
Address for correspondence: Mitsugi Nagashima, M.D., Department of Surgery, Stroke & Cardiovascular Center, Ehime University Hospital, Shitsukawa, Toon City, Ehime 791-0295, Japan. Fax: +81-89-960-5335; e-mail: [email protected]
Abstract
Abstract A two-stage surgical repair of a one-month-old infant with truncus arteriosus with unilateral absence of a proximal pulmonary artery (PA) with a closed ipsilateral ductus arteriosus was successfully performed. In the first palliation, translocation of the discontinuous, closed, and undeveloped PA to the adjacent area of the other PA was useful for making a pulmonary arterial confluence at timing of the subsequent radical operation. (J Card Surg 2010;25:90-92)
