Congenital tricuspid atresia has been classified into two groups, those with and those without transposition of the great vessels (Kiihne, 1906). Each of these groups is further subdivided according to whether there is an increase or a decrease in the pulmonary blood flow (Edwards and Burchell, 1949). Tricuspid atresia with transposition of the great vessels and an increase in pulmonary blood f...

Twelve patients with dextro-transposition of the great vessels (age eight months to four years) were studied by echocardiography following Mustard's procedure. Nine of them had also been studied preoperatively. Postoperatively all patients demonstrated structural echoes in the atrial cavity behind the pulmonary root. In ten, the motion pattern generally resembled that of a stenotic atrioventric...

The diagnostic procedures, indications for surgery and operative techniques for carotid artery occlusive diseases are well established, but still there is a lot of controversy regarding surgery of vertebral arteries (VAs), especially kinked VAs. Even more controversy exists about indications for surgical repair of different anomalies of VAs. The role of VAs in supplying blood to the brain and t...