Anomalous origin of right pulmonary artery from innominate artery: Repair using pulmonary artery pedicled flap plasty

Origin of the right pulmonary artery from innominate artery is an exceedingly rare anomaly. We report two cases with this anomaly that underwent surgical repair. The surgical technique described achieves tissue-to-tissue anastomosis using a pedicled flap from the main pulmonary artery.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Varghese, Roy, Ganesh, Jai, Nandam, Jeeva, Ravikumar, Sujathaa, Kothandam, Sivakumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28928614
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.APC_144_16
Descripción
Sumario:Origin of the right pulmonary artery from innominate artery is an exceedingly rare anomaly. We report two cases with this anomaly that underwent surgical repair. The surgical technique described achieves tissue-to-tissue anastomosis using a pedicled flap from the main pulmonary artery.

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