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Ann Thorac Surg 2003;76:628-630
© 2003 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Description of a new technique for reimplanting the anomalous right pulmonary artery

Kirk McMurtry, MDa, Shubhika Srivastava, MDb, Khanh H. Nguyen, MDa*

a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
b Department of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

Accepted for publication January 19, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Nguyen, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, PO Box 1028, 1190 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10029, USA
e-mail: khanh.nguyen{at}mountsinai.org

Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a rare congenital lesion with a high mortality and morbidity if early diagnosis is not made and correction is not undertaken. We describe the repair of such a lesion using a double-trapdoor technique of pulmonary artery reimplantation.




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