The use of internal and external vascular conduits for correction of D-transposition of the great arteries and double-outlet right ventricle with pulmonary atresia.
Between 1967 and 1978, an 11-year-old boy had undergone 3 separate systemic-pulmonary artery shunt operations. Two of the 3 shunt operations failed. The patient was restudied because of progressive cyanosis and was diagnosed as having D-transposition of the great arteries and double-outlet right ventricle with pulmonary atresia. Repair was successfully accomplished with the use of an internal vascular conduit and an external vascular conduit with a glutaraldehyde-treated porcine valve. Four months after the corrective procedure, the patient's exercise tolerance had improved dramatically.
D001705:Bioprosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011664:Pulmonary Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*