Ascending aorta-right pulmonary artery anastomosis. Long-term results in 137 patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.
Long-term  follow-up of 137 patients who had an ascending aorta-right pulmonary artery anastomosis at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia between 1966 and 1975 is presented. One hundred four patients survived the first hospitalization. Of the 81 patients currently alive, 30 have had a succesful corrective. operation. Nine patients died at the time of correction. Fifty patients have adequate  pallation. Of the 56 deaths, only nine were shunt related. Late complications in the 104 first admission survivors included congestive heart failure (23%), pulmonary artery hypertension (7%), pulmonary vascular obstructive disease (1%), and shunt failure (9%). Special catheterization techniques to evaluate the shunt and its effect on the pulmonary arteries prior to surgical correction are described. The ascending aorta-right pulmonary artery anastomosis can provide effective palliation without interfering with subsequent corrective operations.
D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002932:Cineangiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*