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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:727
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Lecompte Maneuver as an Alternative to Reduction Pulmonary Arterioplasty for Relief of Airway Compression in Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome

Cécile Tissot, MDa, Yacine Aggoun, MDa, Maurice Beghetti, MDa, Eduardo da Cruz, BS, MDa, Jorge Sierra, MDb, Afksendyios Kalangos, MDb, Eduardo da Cruz, BS, MDc

a Pediatric Cardiology Unit
b Service of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, 6 rue Willy Donze, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
c Service of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s University Hospital of Geneva

(Email: ceciletissot@bluewin.ch).

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To the Editor:

We read with great interest the article by Nölke and colleagues 1] describing the benefits of the Lecompte maneuver for relief of airway compression in absent pulmonary valve syndrome.

Interestingly we have recently performed the same procedure in 2 patients aged 6 and 10 months, with absent pulmonary valve syndrome and with aneurysmal dilatation of the pulmonary arteries. Obstructive respiratory symptoms with wheezing and compression of the bronchial tree by the aneurysmal pulmonary arteries had been well documented on a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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