Management of neonatal bronchovenous fistula after cardiopulmonary bypass

Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Apr;73(4):1320-2. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(01)03183-6.

Abstract

Bronchovenous fistula is occasionally encountered after traumatic lung injury or, in neonates, due to ventilation injuries with high ventilatory pressures. We report a case of massive air embolism associated with a bronchopulmonary venous communication in an infant post-repair of truncus arteriosus. Selective ventilation of the opposite lung for 3 days sealed the fistula.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bronchial Fistula / etiology
  • Bronchial Fistula / therapy*
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass / adverse effects*
  • Embolism, Air / etiology
  • Embolism, Air / therapy
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pulmonary Veins*
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / surgery
  • Vascular Fistula / etiology
  • Vascular Fistula / therapy*