Novel concepts and early results of repairing common arterial trunk.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Common Arterial Trunk (CAT) continues to have a very poor prognosis globally. To address that, we have developed a novel technique targeting key concepts for the correction of all components of the anomaly, using autologous arterial tissue. This aims to enhance results, availability worldwide, and importantly to avoid the need for repeated reoperations.

Methods

From January 2019 to 4 January 2021, all patients with isolated CAT had repair of the defect using autologous arterial trunk tissue with direct right ventricle (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) connection. Clinical outcomes, follow-up which included multi-slice computed tomography 3D segmentation and 4D cardiovascular magnetic resonance flow, are presented.

Results

Twenty patients were included in the st

SUBMITTER: Yacoub MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8922708 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature