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Dealing with kinked and swirled pulmonary vessels: surgical treatment of arterial tortuosity syndrome: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 September 2020

G. Ricciardi Open the ORCID record for G. Ricciardi [Opens in a new window] ,
V. Sojak  and
M. G. Hazekamp
G. Ricciardi*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
V. Sojak
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
M. G. Hazekamp
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Author for correspondence: G. Ricciardi, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Kinderhartcentrum D6-26, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZALeiden, the Netherlands. Tel: +393470970161; Fax: +(071) 524 8110. E-mails: [email protected], [email protected]
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Abstract

We present the case of a child with arterial tortuosity syndrome, describing the operative findings and our surgical technique to address pulmonary arteries stenosis.

Keywords

Congenital heart surgerygreat vessel anomalypulmonary arteriesvascular disease
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 12 , December 2020 , pp. 1960 - 1963
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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