Repair of Hemitruncus With Irreversible Pulmonary Hypertension

Publication date: July 2019Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Volume 108, Issue 1Author(s): Ji-ming Sha, Yi Cao, Sheng-song XuAnomalous origin of the pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta can lead to congestive heart failure in infancy, and with advancing age many patients will experience severe pulmonary hypertension. Surgical intervention has high mortality and morbidity risks if this happens. Strategies to manage these patients seem only limited to heart–lung transplantation or lung transplantation. Here, we successfully performed surgical intervention in an adult patient who had anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta with high pressures in the ascending aorta and normally originating pulmonary artery.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research