Cavopulmonary anastomotic aneurysm: a complication in pulsatile pulmonary arteries.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
An aneurysm of a left superior vena cava developed after anastomosis to the left pulmonary artery during repair of an atrioventricular septal defect with a persistent left superior vena cava entering directly into the left atrium. We believe this implies caution should be used in accepting the recent suggestion of using a bidirectional cavopulmonary connection to a pulsatile pulmonary arterial circuit as a way of allowing anatomic correction of atrioventricular septal defect with a small right ventricle.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm
- Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical
- Heart Septal Defects
- Pulmonary Artery
- Vena Cava, Superior