The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1496-1502 , December 2005

Pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defects and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries: Unifocalization brings no long-term benefits

Read at the Eighty-fifth Annual Meeting of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery, San Francisco, Calif, April 10-13, 2005.

  • Yves d'Udekem, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiac Surgery
    • and the Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Yves d'Udekem, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, Melbourne 3052, Victoria, Australia
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  • Nelson Alphonso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiac Surgery
    • ,
  • Martin A. Nørgaard, MD, DMSc

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiac Surgery
    • ,
  • Andrew D. Cochrane, MD, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiac Surgery
    • and the Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Leeanne E. Grigg, MBBS, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology,
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  • James L. Wilkinson, MB, ChB, FRCP, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Royal Children's Hospital, the Department of Pediatrics, The University of Melbourne,
    • and the Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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  • Christian P. Brizard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Cardiac Surgery
    • and the Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

  • Image Result

    Kaplan-Meier curve of survival since birth of all patients.

    Kaplan-Meier curve of survival since birth of all patients.

  • Image Result

    Kaplan-Meier curves of survival since first procedure.

    Kaplan-Meier curves of survival since first procedure.

  • Image Result

    Freedom from reoperation for right ventricle–to–pulmonary artery conduit replacement.

    Freedom from reoperation for right ventricle–to–pulmonary artery conduit replacement.

  • Image Result

    Left major aortopulmonary collateral artery before unifocalization (A) and 4 years after unifocalization (B).

    Left major aortopulmonary collateral artery before unifocalization (A) and 4 years after unifocalization (B).

PII: S0022-5223(05)01272-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2005.07.034

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 130, Issue 6 , Pages 1496-1502 , December 2005

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