[Successful surgical correction of persistent truncus arteriosus by an aortic homograft].

Abstract

After palliative procedure a 2 years old girl with congenital heart disease was corrected with aortic homograft. Truncus arteriosus is a rare congenital heart disease and this is the first successfully corrected case in our country. Using homograft in this age group improves the early and late result of this type of corrective surgery.

• Authors: I Hartyánszky, K Lozsádi, T Hüttl, K Kádár, E Sápi, L Király
• Journal: Orvosi hetilap (Orv Hetil) Vol. 133 Issue 30 Pg. 1893-5 (Jul 26 1992) ISSN: 0030-6002 [Print] Hungary
• Vernacular Title: Truncus arteriosus communis sikeres sebészi korrekciója aorta homograft beültetéssel.
• PMID: 1635776 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Angiocardiography
• Aorta, Thoracic (transplantation)
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Child, Preschool
• Echocardiography, Doppler
• Female
• Humans
• Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent (diagnostic imaging, surgery)