V. Mohan Reddy
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Left pulmonary artery kinking caused by outflow tract dilatation after transannular patch repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1998; (4): 1120-6
Stenosis of the branch pulmonary arteries after tetralogy of Fallot repair can result from several mechanisms. In patients with free pulmonary regurgitation and right ventricular dilatation after transannular patch repair, we have observed that the pulmonary outflow tract can dilate and elongate craniad and rotate to the left, resulting in kinking and obstruction of the previously normal left pulmonary artery.
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