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.