Anesthesia for repair of a pulmonary artery sling

Although they account for less than 1 % of operable congenital cardiac anomalies,' vascular rings are not an uncommon cause of airway obstruction in children . 2 Approximately 5% of vascular rings are caused by an aberrant left pulmonary artery (PA), which originates from the right PA, compress...

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Published inJournal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia Vol. 6; no. 2; pp. 212 - 214
Main Authors Norman, P.H., Williams, W.G., Daley, M.D., Ginsberg, R.J.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Elsevier Inc 01.04.1992
Elsevier
Subjects
Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia - methods
Anesthesia depending on type of surgery
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Female
Humans
Medical sciences
Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities
Pulmonary Artery - surgery
Human
Case study
Vascular ring
Malformation
Surgery
Cardiovascular disease
Adult
General anesthesia
Pulmonary artery
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Summary:Although they account for less than 1 % of operable congenital cardiac anomalies,' vascular rings are not an uncommon cause of airway obstruction in children . 2 Approximately 5% of vascular rings are caused by an aberrant left pulmonary artery (PA), which originates from the right PA, compresses the trachea and/or right main-stem bronchus as it passes from right to left between the trachea and esophagus, and finally enters the left hilum (Fig 1). This condition is rarely present in adults. A case is presented of an adult who required correction of this congenital abnormality. The anesthetic course was also complicated by other congenital abnormalities that are associated with PA slings.
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ISSN:1053-0770
1532-8422
DOI:10.1016/1053-0770(92)90202-I