title: Successful primary correction of tetralogy of fallot with pulmonary atresia and aortopulmonary window in a 2,220-g neonate with a valved bovine jugular vein conduit.
abstract: Prenatal diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia (TOF/PA) was confirmed in a newborn with a birth weight of 2,095 g. Additionally, an aortopulmonary window (APW) type I was diagnosed on echocardiography. The operation was performed at the age of 4 weeks due to congestive heart failure. The APW was closed with a pericardial patch, the ventricular septal defect (VSD) with a Dacron patch, and the right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) was reconstructed with a 12-mm bovine jugular vein valved conduit (Contegra, Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA). At 15-month follow-up, the patient is in excellent clinical condition without medication. On echocardiography, the conduit showed a mean gradient of 11 mmHg with first-degree insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, German Heart Center Munich at the Technical University, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kostolny
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Rüdiger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lange
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000818:Animals; D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000601:surgery*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007601:Jugular Veins / Q000637:transplantation*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome