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(Chest. 1958;34:73-86.)
© 1958 American College of Chest Physicians

Proximal Interruption of a Pulmonary Arch (Absence of One Pulmonary Artery): Case Report and a New Embryologic Interpretation

RAY C. ANDERSON PH.D., M.D.1; FLORENCE CHAR M.D.2; and PAUL ADAMS JR. M.D., F.C.C.P.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota.
2 The Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota., Trainee in Cardiology, National Heart Institute, United States Public Health Service.

Congenital absence of the right pulmonary artery is described in a male infant with pulmonary hypertension. Gross and microscopic pathological findings are presented, as well as cardiac catheterization data and angiocardiographic findings. A theory is presented which appears to explain all variations of absent pulmonary artery. It is suggested that a more accurate term for this defect would be "proximal interruption of pulmonary arch." There is reason to believe that this condition is surgically correctable by means of an arterial graft.






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