Surgical Correction of Truncus Arteriosus (Type II) in a Neonate

Selection of Patients with Truncus Arteriosus for Surgical Correction

Six years have passed since the first successful surgical correction of truncus arteriosus. A review of our experience enables some conclusions regarding the operation. Patients with mild or moderate truncal valve incompetence do not need truncal valve replacement. Patients with severe truncal valve incompetence require valve replacement, which is associated with a significantly increased surgi...

Correction of persistent truncus arteriosus.

Successful correction of a type 2 truncus arteriosus in an African boy of 10 years is reported. The surgical technique employed is described and preoperative and late postoperative haemo-dynamic data are documented. Failure of the primitive truncus arteriosus to partition results in one of a group of congenital cardiac anomalies called persistent truncus arteriosus. A single vessel, guarded by ...

Repair of truncus arteriosus with intact ventricular septum (Van Praagh type B2) in a neonate.

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Truncus arteriosus: successful surgical correction without the use of a valved conduit.

A new operation for the restoration of continuity between the right ventricle and pulmonary circulation in truncus arteriosus in infancy without the use of a tube graft is described. This was achieved by anastomosing the inferior margin of the detached confluent branch pulmonary arteries to the apex of a vertical infundibular ventriculotomy to form the posterior wall of the reconstructed right ...

Truncus arteriosus