Unusual Compression of the Right Pulmonary Artery by the Aortic Arch

• Published in: The Annals of thoracic surgery Vol. 97; no. 5; pp. 1790 - 1792
• Main Authors: Talwar, Sachin, MCh, Gupta, Saurabh Kumar, DM, Muthukkumaran, Subramanian, MS, Murugan, Madhan Kumar, MD, Airan, Balram, MCh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Abnormalities, Multiple - diagnosis; Abnormalities, Multiple - surgery; Angiography - methods; Aorta, Thoracic - physiopathology; Aorta, Thoracic - surgery; Cardiac Surgical Procedures - methods; Cardiopulmonary Bypass - methods; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Cardiovascular Abnormalities - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Abnormalities - surgery; Cyanosis - diagnosis; Cyanosis - etiology; Decompression, Surgical - methods; Diagnostic Imaging - methods; Double Outlet Right Ventricle - diagnosis; Double Outlet Right Ventricle - surgery; Echocardiography, Doppler - methods; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - diagnosis; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular - surgery; Humans; Imaging, Three-Dimensional; Infant; Male; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - diagnosis; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - surgery; Rare Diseases; Risk Assessment; Surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Treatment Outcome; 21
• ISSN: 0003-4975; 1552-6259
• DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.07.126

Compression of the right pulmonary artery is unusual. We describe a patient with a double-outlet right ventricle, a ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary stenosis in whom the right pulmonary artery was compressed by a right-sided aortic arch. The condition was successfully managed during surgical correction.