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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:1322-1324
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries

Sonia B. Albanese, MD*b, Adriano Carotti, MDb, Alessandra Toscano, MDa, Bruno Marino, MDa, Roberto M. Di Donato, MDb

a Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Bambino Gesu Hospital, Rome, Italy
b Department of Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Rome, Italy

Accepted for publication August 24, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Albanese, Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Hospital, Piazza S. Onofrio, 4, 00165 Rome, Italy
e-mail: albanese{at}opbg.net

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and major systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries is a very rare congenital heart lesion with dismal natural history. Herein we report on a case of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum with hypoplastic right ventricle, very small confluent pulmonary arteries, absent arterial duct, and pulmonary blood flow exclusively provided by bronchial-type systemic-pulmonary collateral arteries that was successfully treated at our institution.






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