ATS
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Retraction
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Personal Folders
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Author home page(s):
Jacques A.M. van Son
Right arrow Permission Requests
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by van Son, J. A.M.
Right arrow Articles by Mohr, F. W.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by van Son, J. A.M.
Right arrow Articles by Mohr, F. W.
Related Collections
Right arrowRelated Article

Ann Thorac Surg 2000;70:674-675
© 2000 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

How to do it

Anatomical reconstruction of aorta and pulmonary trunk in patients with an aortopulmonary window

Jacques A.M. van Son, MD, PhDa, Jörg Hambsch, MDa, Friedrich W. Mohr, MD, PhDa

a Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Address reprint requests to Dr van Son, Herzzentrum, University of Leipzig, Russenstrasse 19, D-04289 Leipzig, Germany

We report a modified technique for repair of aortopulmonary window in which a native pulmonary artery flap is created and the aortopulmonary window is completely divided. The pulmonary artery flap is used to reconstruct the ascending aorta, and the defect in the pulmonary trunk is closed with an autologous pericardial patch. This repair avoids the use of a fabric patch with its inherent disadvantages and allows anatomical reconstruction of both the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk with low risk of early or late distortion of the aortic and pulmonary root structures.


Related Article

Invited commentary
Bruno J. Messmer
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 2000 70: 676. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]



This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur J Cardiothorac SurgHome page
C. L. Backer and C. Mavroudis
Surgical management of aortopulmonary window: a 40-year experience
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, May 1, 2002; 21(5): 773 - 779.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
ANN THORAC SURG ASIAN CARDIOVASC THORAC ANN EUR J CARDIOTHORAC SURG
J THORAC CARDIOVASC SURG ICVTS ALL CTSNet JOURNALS
Copyright © 2000 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.