TOF, DORV,
truncus arteriosus) carries a higher risk of recurrent respiratory tract infections and increased frequency of hospitalizations (2).
Gadewar et al., "Rare case of
truncus arteriosus with anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ARCAPA) and unilateral left pulmonary artery agenesis," Japanese Journal of Radiology, vol.
The number of days with temperature [greater than or equal to] 30[degrees]C was not significantly associated with any specific critical heart defect in adjusted models, however prevalence was low and positive associations tended to be present with transposition of the great vessels,
truncus arteriosus and coarctation of the aorta (Figure 2).
There she became the first baby with
truncus arteriosus at Bristol to undergo lifesaving bilateral pulmonary artery banding surgery.
Van Praagh, "The anatomy of common aorticopulmonary trunk (
truncus arteriosus communis) and its embryologic implications.
Complex congenital heart disease was found in seven patients including pulmonary atresia, interrupted aortic arch, transposition of the great arteries, and persistent
truncus arteriosus.
Distribution of the patients by diagnosis n % Diagnosis Transposition of the great arteries 28 33.7 Pulmonary atresia 16 19.3 Aortic coarctation 10 12.0 Single ventricle 6 7.2 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 6 7.2 Tricuspid atresia 5 6.0 Pulmonary stenosis 3 3.6
Truncus arteriosus 2 2.4 Aortic arch anomaly 2 2.4 Cardiomyopathy 1 1.2 Taussig Bing anomaly 2 2.4 Valvular aortic stenosis 1 1.2 AV complete block 1 1.2 Total 83 100.0 Table 3.
In the second procedure, more complicated but a successful one, a septuagenarian was suffering from
truncus arteriosus, the leading cardiac catheterization consultant said.
When analyzed by preoperative diagnoses the data revealed that children with a single ventricle undergoing banding had a significantly lower 30-day mortality rate of 12% as compared to other preoperative diagnoses including atrioventricular canal
truncus arteriosus and ventricular septal defect (VSD) at 30%.3 In the recent past insertion of a valved patch in VSD repair seems to be a promising technique to decrease morbidity and mortality in severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.45
Natasha Halkett's four-monthold daughter Layla died in July 2012 as a result of
truncus arteriosus type II, a congenital heart defect which occurs in fewer than one in every 10,000 births.