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Regression of Left Ventricular Dilation After Percutaneous Closure of a Large Intralobar Pulmonary Sequestration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2009

Alejandro Alvarez
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Scientific Institute, Rome, Italy
Francesco Borgia*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Scientific Institute, Rome, Italy
Paolo Guccione
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Scientific Institute, Rome, Italy
*
Correspondence to: Francesco Borgia, MD, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Piazza S. Onofrio 4, 00165 Rome Italy. Phone: +39 0668592859; Fax: +39 0668592577; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

We describe an infant of 8 months who presented with left ventricular dilation due to an extensive intralobar sequestration of the right lung. The pulmonary sequestration was associated with a patent arterial duct and a right aortic arch. Percutaneous closure of the anomalous aberrant artery feeding the sequestrated lung resulted in prompt regression of the left ventricular enlargement.

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Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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