We describe a seven-month-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot and an absent left pulmonary artery. Due to the diminutive size of the left pulmonary artery, we performed a native tissue left pulmonary artery reconstruction and intrapulmonary artery septation procedure with a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. After confirming left pulmonary artery growth, the patient underwent tetralogy of Fallot repair, removal of septation patch, and division of the Blalock-Taussig shunt. Nine months post-surgery, we confirmed his balanced lung perfusion (R/L ratio 6:4). The intrapulmonary artery septation procedure would be suitable for both the resuscitation and reconstruction of the hypoplastic absent pulmonary artery.

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