Operative treatment of truncus arteriosus communis coexisting with tricuspid atresia.
The coexistence of tricuspid atresia and common arterial trunk is extremely rare. We present a successful three-stage surgical treatment of this defect. The first stage included disconnection of the pulmonary arteries from the common trunk, atrial septectomy and systemic-to-pulmonary shunt; the second stage, a hemi-Fontan procedure; and the third stage, a fenestrated Fontan completion. The child is now 8 years old and is developing well.
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Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Polish-American Children's Hospital, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, Kraków. t_mroczek@hotmail.com
Mroczek
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Pajak
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Kordon
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D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D018785:Tricuspid Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000601:surgery*