Rapid growth of pulmonary artery after intrapulmonary artery septation.
Intrapulmonary artery septation is employed in patients with unbalanced pulmonary artery growth. A baby girl received a systemic pulmonary shunt in the neonatal period and bilateral Glenn shunts in early infancy. Once the Glenn shunts were established, the right pulmonary artery became hypoplastic. We performed intrapulmonary artery septation involving the Glenn shunts to the left pulmonary artery and the systemic pulmonary shunt to the right pulmonary artery. As early as 3 months after intrapulmonary artery septation, right pulmonary artery growth was observed. Eventually, Fontan circulation was achieved with fenestration.
['Agematsu|Kota|K|', 'Okamura|Toru|T|', 'Takiguchi|Yoji|Y|', 'Yoneyama|Fumiya|F|https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6862-0087', 'Harada|Yorikazu|Y|']
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple D005260:Female D018729:Fontan Procedure D006801:Humans D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome D007231:Infant, Newborn D011651:Pulmonary Artery D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures
Fontan procedure Heart defects Infant Pulmonary circulation Vascular malformations Vascular surgical procedures congenital newborn