Non-conduit repair of truncus arteriosus

Indigenous decellularised jugular venous valved conduit in truncus arteriosus repair.

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Repair of truncus arteriosus.

When commenting on the paper of Danton and colleagues concerning surgical repair of the common arterial trunk, I pointed out that their optimal procedure was first described by the late Kenneth Reid [1]. They indicated in the discussion that they would modify this manuscript accordingly. Sadly, they did not [2]. That does not, however, detract from Mr Reid’s precedence with this particular proc...

Survival and reintervention after neonatal repair of truncus arteriosus with valved conduit.

OBJECTIVE Neonatal primary repair has progressively become the treatment of choice for truncus arteriosus with encouraging survival. However, use of valved conduits to reconstruct the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) inevitably induces reintervention. This study estimates survival and rate of catheter-interventional and surgical reinterventions. METHODS Thirty-five consecutive neonates ...

Truncus arteriosus

Truncus Arteriosus

We have encountered difficulty in recognizing and identifying clinically true truncus arteriosus with pulmonary arteries (type 1) because of its resemblance to correctable cardiac defects such as patent ductus arteriosus, aortic-pulmonic defect, and ventricular septal defect. In the present report we are presenting clinical information on 14 patients with this anomaly, both to supplement the sc...