The review of surgical treatment to pulmonary artery sling / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary artery sling(PAS)is a rare congenital cardiovascular disease.Due to the compression of the trachea and esophagus,it often causes severe airway and/or esophageal compression symptoms.Once diagnosed,the patient should undergo surgical treatment.There are various treatments,including left pulmonary artery reconstruction,tracheal stenosis correction and tracheal balloon dilatation and stent technology.Whether or not to repair the tracheal stenosis usually based on the trachea diameter.But there has no ideal surgical procedure to the tracheal stenosis.The patient with complex introcardiac malformation and PAS should be corrected simultaneously with cardiopulrmonary bypass.