Surgery for truncus arteriosus: contemporary practice

PS Naimo, IE Konstantinov - The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2021 - Elsevier
Surgery for truncus arteriosus has an early mortality of 3% to 20%, with a long-term survival
of approximately 75% at 20 years. Nowadays, truncus arteriosus repair is mostly done in the …

Outcomes of truncal valve replacement in neonates and infants: a meta-analysis

WA Hardy, L Kang, JW Turek, TK Rajab - Cardiology in the young, 2023 - cambridge.org
Background: Infants with truncus arteriosus typically undergo repair by repurposing the
truncal valve as the neo-aortic valve and using a valved conduit homograft for the neo …

Outcomes of truncus arteriosus repair in children: 35 years of experience from a single institution

PS Naimo, TA Fricke, MS Yong, Y d'Udekem… - Seminars in thoracic and …, 2016 - Elsevier
We evaluated the long-term outcomes following repair of truncus arteriosus (TA) from a
single institution. We conducted a retrospective review of children (n= 171) who underwent …

[HTML][HTML] Characteristics and operative outcomes for children undergoing repair of truncus arteriosus: a contemporary multicenter analysis

CW Mastropietro, V Amula, P Sassalos… - The Journal of thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective We sought to describe characteristics and operative outcomes of children who
underwent repair of truncus arteriosus and identify risk factors for the occurrence of major …

Multicenter analysis of early childhood outcomes after repair of truncus arteriosus

JR Buckley, V Amula, P Sassalos, JM Costello… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Literature describing morbidity and mortality after truncus arteriosus repair is
predominated by single-center reports. We created and analyzed a multicenter dataset to …

Impact of truncal valve surgery on the outcomes of the truncus arteriosus repair

PS Naimo, TA Fricke, Y d'Udekem… - European Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES Preoperative moderate or greater truncal valve (TV) insufficiency is one of the
most important factors influencing mortality in children with truncus arteriosus. We therefore …

Outcomes of surgical repair for persistent truncus arteriosus from neonates to adults: a single center's experience

Q Chen, H Gao, Z Hua, K Yang, J Yan, H Zhang, K Ma… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Objective This study aimed to report our experiences with surgical repair in patients of all
ages with persistent truncus arteriosus. Methods From July 2004 to July 2014, 50 …

Long‐term outcomes after truncus arteriosus repair: a single‐center experience for more than 40 years

S Asagai, K Inai, T Shinohara… - Congenital heart …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study aimed to analyze long‐term survival and functional outcomes after
truncus arteriosus repair in a single institution with more than 40 years of follow‐up. Methods …

Early reintervention on the pulmonary arteries and right ventricular outflow tract after neonatal or early infant repair of truncus arteriosus using homograft conduits

AM Lund, M Vogel, AC Marshall, SM Emani… - The American journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Patients with truncus arteriosus often require pulmonary arterial (PA) and/or right ventricular
outflow tract (RVOT) reintervention within the first year of repair. However, little is known …

Single-centre 20-year experience with repair of truncus arteriosus

Y Ivanov, Y Mykychak, O Fedevych… - … and thoracic surgery, 2019 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES We analysed a large series of truncus arteriosus repairs with a focus on early
and late outcomes. METHODS Ninety-seven consecutive patients who underwent truncus …