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  • Title: Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. Sixteen-year experience.
    Author: Moulton AL, Bowman FO, Edie RN, Hayes CJ, Ellis K, Gersony WM, Malm JR.
    Journal: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 1979 Oct; 78(4):527-36. PubMed ID: 90211.
    Abstract:
    Infants with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum (PA-IVS) usually require urgent surgical intervention. Thirty patients with this anomaly, seen at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center between 1962 and 1978, had palliative operations, 26 within the first 3 days of life. Six underwent a closed pulmonary valvotomy alone, with no survivors; six had only a systemic--pulmonary artery shunt, with three early survivors. Because of this experience, 17 had a combined procedure of valvotomy and shunt, with 14 early survivors. One patient recently underwent a definitive right ventricular outflow patch procedure with cardiopulmonary bypass. Eight patients subsequently have had corrective open-heart procedures, with five patients surviving from 2 to 10 years. A unicusp aortic homograft was used for repair in five and a Hancock valved conduit in three. Four patients are presently awaiting operation. We conclude that the initial surgical management of these critically ill infants must not only increase pulmonary blood flow but in addition provide an opportunity for right ventricular growth. Thus we continue to advocate the combined procedure of a valvotomy plus a shunt to provide adequate palliation. Repeat catheterization should be performed within a year to confirm the adequacy of the valvotomy, since this is essential to maximal right ventricular enlargement and to allow for definitive correction at a later date.
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