Development of supravalvular pulmonary artery stenosis following a Nuss procedure

J Pediatr Surg. 2012 Dec;47(12):e61-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.09.049.

Abstract

We report a case of a 13-year old girl with pectus excavatum who had a Nuss procedure and two years later a new cardiac murmur appeared which on investigation was diagnosed as supravalvular pulmonary artery stenosis. Following removal of the Nuss bar the stenosis resolved.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Device Removal*
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Electrocardiography / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Funnel Chest / diagnostic imaging
  • Funnel Chest / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Orthopedic Fixation Devices
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / diagnosis*
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / etiology*
  • Pulmonary Subvalvular Stenosis / physiopathology
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation / methods
  • Risk Assessment
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome