Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Airway Improvement with Medium-Term Compression Duration after Right Pulmonary Artery Anterior Translocation

  • Jang, Woo Sung (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae Bum (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jae Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Hee Jeong (Department of Pediatrics, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2017.07.10
  • Accepted : 2017.11.01
  • Published : 2018.02.05
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Abstract

Left main bronchus compression occasionally occurs in patients with cardiac disease. A 19-month-old female patient weighing 6.7 kg was admitted for recurrent pneumonia and desaturation. S he had an atrial septal defect (AS D) with a right aortic arch. Her left main bronchus had been compressed between the enlarged right pulmonary artery (RPA) and the descending thoracic aorta for 14 months. We conducted ASD closure and RPA anterior translocation via sternotomy. The left main bronchus compression was relieved despite the medium-term duration of compression.

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