Transposition with absent pulmonary valve syndrome: early repair of a rare case Guido Oppido, MD, Adriano Carotti, MD, Sonia B Albanese, MD, Antonio Amodeo, MD, Luciano Pasquini, MD, Roberto M Di Donato, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 71, Issue 5, Pages 1686-1688 (May 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02310-9 Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Preoperative. Right ventricular angiogram showing the aneurysmal pulmonary arterial dilation. (B) Postoperative. Right ventricular angiogram showing homogeneously normal-sized pulmonary arteries. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1686-1688DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02310-9) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 (A) Cardiopulmonary bypass instituted by aortic and bicaval cannulation. (B) Lozenge-shaped excision of a large portion of the posterior wall of redundant pulmonary arteries. (C) Posterior pulmonary arterial wall continuity reestablished with a running absorbable suture; anterior wall reduction by bilateral wedge excision. (D) Anterior wall suture-reconstruction of pulmonary arteries. (E) Final result. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1686-1688DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02310-9) Copyright © 2001 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions