Complete autologous reconstruction of the aorta and the pulmonary bifurcation in truncus arteriosus communis.
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.
Kaczmarek
Ingo
I
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Grosshadern University Hospital, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Ingo.Kaczmarek@med.uni-muenchen.uni-muenchen.de
Schmauss
Daniel
D
Reichart
Bruno
B
Daebritz
Sabine H
SH
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*