A different approach for the total correction of tricuspid atresia.
A new surgical procedure has been used successfully to correct tricuspid atresia in a 9-year-old girl. An external conduit containing a porcine aortic valve was positioned to lead from the right atrium to the underdeveloped right ventricle. The right ventricle was reconstructed with a large Dacron patch, thus providing a large cavity for the small hypoplastic right ventricle. The atrial and ventricular septal defects were closed. The patient made a satisfactory recovery and is doing well four months after the operation.
D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D002932:Cineangiography; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities*