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Importance of multidisciplinary management for pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries and completely absent central pulmonary arteries.

Takaya HoashiSatoshi YazakiKoji KagisakiMasataka KitanoMasatoshi ShimadaIsao ShiraishiHajime Ichikawa
Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2017)
Staged midline approach with PTA seemed feasible strategy to go on to definitive repair. Patency of MAPCAs and reconstructed cPAs were maintained by the aggressive PTA after the definitive repair.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • heart failure
  • locally advanced
  • left ventricular
  • radiation therapy
  • quality improvement