Postoperative Lung Perfusion with Anomalous Origin of One Pulmonary Artery from the Aorta.

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.
PMID: 30101844 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Heart Journal - August 15, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Heart J Source Type: research