title: Complete autologous reconstruction of the aorta and the pulmonary bifurcation in truncus arteriosus communis.
abstract: Truncus arteriosus communis is a congenital heart malformation, which is usually repaired in the neonatal period or early infancy. Although results of repair are good, there is long-term morbidity caused by reoperations mainly owing to right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit exchange or stenosis at the pulmonary artery bifurcation as recently reported for Contegra conduits. We present a new technique for complete autologous reconstruction of the aorta and the pulmonary bifurcation in truncus arteriosus type I and II.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Grosshadern University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Ingo.Kaczmarek@med.uni-muenchen.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaczmarek
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schmauss
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Reichart
authors.forename: Sabine H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Daebritz
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014338:Truncus Arteriosus / Q000601:surgery; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000601:surgery*