Catheter-guided open ligation of a pulmonary artery to left atrium connection

Congenital Heart Disease
Torbjörn IvertDan Lindblom

Abstract

Congenital malformations causing mild cyanosis can be overlooked. A large intrapulmonary right pulmonary artery to left atrium connection was the unusual etiology of arterial oxygen desaturation and erythrocytosis in an asymptomatic 30-year-old patient. The shunt was not possible to detect at echocardiography. It was closed via a median sternotomy without the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass. A novel technique was to use an angiographic catheter inserted through the wide shunt into the left atrium before the operation to securely identify it at the surgical dissection.

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