Reconstruction of the pulmonary artery
The last stage of the LeCompte manoeuvre consists of direct
anastomosis between the reconstructed proximal aorta and the distal
pulmonary artery using a 6-0 polypropylene suture. Precautions were
taken to anastomose the two ends without compressing the proximal
parts of the coronary arteries, without causing narrowing of the right
and left pulmonary ostia and without stretching the branches of both
pulmonary arteries.