Contemporary patterns of the management of truncus arteriosus (primary versus staged repair): outcomes from the Japanese National Cardiovascular Database.
Noritaka OtaHisateru TachimoriYasutaka HirataHiroaki MiyataTakaaki SuzukiShunji UchitaShinichi TakamotoHironori IzutaniPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
The staged repair of TA has emerged as the preferred option for surgical timing at most of the centres participating in the Japanese Cardiovascular Surgery Database. The management outcomes of the patients with TA were favourable, even for the patients at low-volume centres.