title: Surgery for truncus arteriosus.
abstract: Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a congenital heart defect in which a common arterial trunk supplies systemic, pulmonary and coronary circulation. Associated cardiac anomalies are common. Without surgical treatment, most patients die within infancy. Various operative techniques have evolved over the past 50 years. More recently, many centres have adopted primary repair in the neonatal period or early infancy. The objective of this paper is to describe anatomy, diagnosis, natural history and the technique of operation of TA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sojak
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lugo
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koolbergen
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hazekamp
keywords: Conduit; Congenital heart disease; Truncus arteriosus