<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Truncus arteriosus communis (TA) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect, in which the aorta and the pulmonary artery have not been separated during the normal development of the fetal heart, so a single truncal artery is arising from the base of the heart. Most patients with TA present within the first weeks of life with heart failure. This anomaly is an important cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Corrective surgery is indicated in the first 3 months of life, to avoid the development of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. We report the case of a 12-month-old male infant diagnosed by echocardiography with truncus arteriosus type 1 in whom, based on hemodynamic data, surgical treatment could be performed at the age of 1 year.</p></abstract>

Truncus arteriosus communis (TA) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect, in which the aorta and the pulmonary artery have not been separated during the normal development of the fetal heart, so a single truncal artery is arising from the base of the heart. Most patients with TA present within the first weeks of life with heart failure. This anomaly is an important cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Corrective surgery is indicated in the first 3 months of life, to avoid the development of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension. We report the case of a 12-month-old male infant diagnosed by echocardiography with truncus arteriosus type 1 in whom, based on hemodynamic data, surgical treatment could be performed at the age of 1 year.

Favorable Postoperative Evolution after Late Surgical Repair of Truncus Arteriosus Type 1: A Case Report

Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases and Transplantation

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Truncus arteriosus communis (TA) is a rare cyanotic congenital heart defect, in which the aorta and the pulmonary artery have not been separated during the...

Favorable Postoperative Evolution after Late Surgical Repair of Truncus Arteriosus Type 1: A Case Report

Published Online: Dec 19, 2018

Page range: 110 - 113

Received: Apr 13, 2018

Accepted: Jun 12, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2018-0016

Keywords
truncus arteriosus, pulmonary arterial hypertension, children

© 2018 Daniela Toma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Favorable Postoperative Evolution after Late Surgical Repair of Truncus Arteriosus Type 1: A Case Report

Published Online: Dec 19, 2018

Page range: 110 - 113

Received: Apr 13, 2018

Accepted: Jun 12, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jim-2018-0016

Keywordstruncus arteriosus, pulmonary arterial hypertension, children

© 2018 Daniela Toma et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
truncus arteriosus, pulmonary arterial hypertension, children