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.