A case of timely diagnosis and successful surgical correction of the left pulmonary artery sling in a newborn

Abstract

The article describes a clinical observation of a newborn patient with a rare congenital cardiovascular disorder of the left pulmonary artery sling. There are few publications in the world’s literature on the clinical observations of the above pathology, which causes the key difficulty in diagnostics. Moreover, this case features a favorable outcome thanks to a timely diagnosis and a successful surgical correction that followed.

Keywords

• sling complex
• left pulmonary artery disorder
• newborn
• respiratory distress
• artificial pulmonary ventilation