Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta: results of direct implantation surgical repair in 6 infants

• DOI: 10.1186/s13019-015-0307-9
• Publication Date: 2015-07-10T11:43:16Z
• Authors: Li Xie; Lei Gao; Qin Wu; Can Huang; Jin-Fu Yang; Tian-Li Zhao; Zhong-Shi Wu; Yi-Feng Yang
• Keywords: Cardiothoracic surgery; Vascular surgery; Right pulmonary artery

Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from ascending aorta (AORPA) is a rare and potential fatal kind congenital heart disease. This study summarizes techniques outcomes 6 infants with AORPA who underwent surgical repair.Between November 2012 2014, received repair in Second Xiangya Hospital were included present study.Six (4 male, 66.7 %) median age 101.5 ± 70.0 days, body weight 4.13 0.62 kg at our institute. There no operative, in-hospital or follow-up deaths. Clinical symptoms all patients relieved time discharge, mean pressure (MPAP) decreased significantly after surgery. During follow-up, there further operations interventions, mild stenosis anastomotic site presented one patient, asymptomatic stable clinical condition.The short mid-term are excellent this group operations. Moreover, we believe direct implantation to be optimal strategy for proximal form AORPA.