Sievers H H, Lange P E, Heintzen P H, Bernhard A
Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1985 Feb;33(1):51-2. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-1014084.
Diminutive pulmonary arteries remain a problem in the surgery of congenital heart disease. This is the second report of a case in which the internal mammary artery was successfully used to enlarge small pulmonary arteries by 50% within 9 months accompanied by improvement of the symptomatic state in a patient with pulmonary atresia and diminutive left pulmonary arteries.
