Successful diagnosis and surgical treatment of single ventricle, truncus arteriosus.
The association of single ventricle and truncus arteriosus is rare. We present the successful surgical palliation of a patient who echocardiographically and angiographically has a truncus arteriosus type I and single left ventricle. At operation, the main pulmonary artery was dissected off the truncus arteriosus, and a 4-mm polytetrafluoroethylene graft was placed from the ascending aorta to the left pulmonary artery. The patient is currently 13 months old and growing well.
Shaddy
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Department of Pediatrics, Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
McGough
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D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*