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...

Persistent truncus arteriosus is characterized by a single arterial trunk arising from the heart and supplying the systemic, pulmonary, and coronary circulations. There are remnants neither of an atretic pulmonary artery nor aorta (Lev and Saphir, 1942; Collett and Edwards, 1949). Despite excellent clinical reviews (Anderson, Obata, and Lillehei, 1957; Tandon, Hauck, and Nadas, 1963; McCue et a...

A newborn with an unusual form of truncus arteriosus is described, whose clinical presentation and certain features of her anatomy were more typical of pulmonary atresia with a ventricular septal defect. The morphological differentiation of certain types of truncus arteriosus and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect remains an area of speculation among cardiac pathologists, and rese...

To expand the search for central pulmonary arteries in six patients with absence of cardiac-pulmonary continuity, computerized axial tomography (CAT) of the chest was performed. The CAT scans were compared with previous arteriograms and pulmonary vein wedge angiograms. Three patients with type IV truncus arteriosus were studied, and none had a central, right or left pulmonary artery on CAT scan...

Twelve specimens of truncus arteriosus communis have been studied anatomically, with special reference to the conal anatomy and to the associated cardiac anomalies which can create additional problems if surgical repair is planned. A wide spectrum of conal morphology has been observed, suggesting that differential conal absorption is a developmental characteristic of truncus arteriousus as well...

Truncus arteriosus is a rare, cyanotic, and congenital heart defect occurring due to failure in the differentiation of aorta pulmonary artery during fetal development. The disease categorized into four sub-categories Van Praagh Collett & Edwards classification systems according origin arteries. Surgical correction arteries repair ventricular septal preferred treatment strategy choice; this ...