Anaesthetic management for hip arthroplasty in a 46-yr-old patient with uncorrected truncus arteriosus type IV.
In modern adult anaesthetic practice uncorrected complex congenital heart lesions are rare. Persistent truncus arteriosus accounts for only 1.2-3% of all congenital heart malformations. If not corrected, fewer than 20% of these patients survive the first year of life. Here we report the successful management of an adult patient with uncorrected truncus arteriosus who presented for hip arthroplasty.
Fischer
M U
MU
Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany. fischerm@ana1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
Priebe
H-J
HJ
D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging