A natural systemic to pulmonary artery shunt.

Autor: Benjamin, Santhosh Regini, Thankachen, Roy, Narayanan, Deepak, Philip, Madhu Andrew
Zdroj: Indian Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery; Mar2023, Vol. 39 Issue 2, p201-203, 3p
Abstrakt: Isolation of the left subclavian artery is a rare anomaly associated with right aortic arch. We report a case in which this subclavian artery was supplying the pulmonary circulation in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) which effectively acted as a natural systemic to pulmonary artery shunt. The patient had good room air saturation and no features of vertebrobasilar insufficiency or left upper limb ischemia. She underwent a total correction of TOF and ligation of the aberrant left subclavian artery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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