Midterm outcomes of pulmonary artery sling repair with and without tracheoplasty.
Ziyad M BinsalamahAlyssa ThomasonChristopher IbarraZachary A SpigelIki AdachiKatherine E BartonEvan EdmundsChristopher A CaldaroneMichiaki ImamuraJeffrey S HeinlePublished in: Cardiology in the young (2020)
In patients with pulmonary artery sling, tracheoplasty is associated with decreased freedom from re-intervention. In select patients with pulmonary artery sling and complete tracheal rings, conservative management without tracheoplasty is feasible. Further study is necessary to delineate objective indications for tracheoplasty.