OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to clarify characteristics of truncus arteriosus communis associated with chromosome 22q11 deletion (del 22q11). BACKGROUND DiGeorge syndrome and conotruncal anomaly face syndrome are associated with del 22q11 (hemizygosity). In 30% of cases, truncus arteriosus communis is associated with the deletion. METHODS Fifteen consecutive patients with truncu...

Nine patients with a clinical presentation suggestive of truncus arteriosus were examined by echocardiography. Subsequent intracardiac studies including cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography divided this group into five patients with truncus arteriosus and four patients with other congenital heart diseases. In all patients with proven truncus arteriosus, it was possible to identify only...

Nine patients with a clinical presentation suggestive of truncus arteriosus were examined by echocardiography. Subsequent intracardiac studies including cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography divided this group into five patients with truncus arteriosus and four patients with other congenital heart diseases. In all patients with proven truncus arteriosus, it was possible to identify only...

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Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a rare cardiac anomaly constituting less than 1% of all congenital heart defects. The association of complete atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) and truncus arteriosus is uncommon. The management of this uncommon combination of lesions has not been well characterized and there is limited surgical options for treatment of these patients. We present our case report o...

Clinical and pathologic findings are described in a seven-month-old boy who suffered from persistent truncus arteriosus and suddenly developed signs of respiratory distress. Bronchial compression in patients with persistent truncus arteriosus has only rarely been reported.

Truncus arteriosus communis is an uncommon congenital cardiovascular malformation characterized by a single arterial trunk that arises from the base of the heart and gives rise to the coronary, pulmonary and systemic arteries. The prognosis in truncus arteriosus is very poor without surgical correction. The median age at death without surgery ranges from 2 weeks to 3 months, with 85 % mortality...

We present our experience of using transvaginal three/four-dimensional (3D/4D) color Doppler with glass-body rendering mode and spatiotemporal image correlation (STIC) software to construct an image of persistent truncus arteriosus in the first trimester of pregnancy. There have been numerous reports on the antenatal diagnosis of truncus arteriosus using two-dimensional (2D) grayscale echocardi...

A successful correction of type I truncus arteriosus using a 12 mm 'dacron' conduit containing a porcine aortic valve (Hancock) between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery in a 6-month-old infant is reported. The rationale for the treatment of truncus arteriosus in infancy is discussed.