A CASE OF TRUNCUS ARTERIOSUS

Truncus arteriosus

Truncus Arteriosus

We have encountered difficulty in recognizing and identifying clinically true truncus arteriosus with pulmonary arteries (type 1) because of its resemblance to correctable cardiac defects such as patent ductus arteriosus, aortic-pulmonic defect, and ventricular septal defect. In the present report we are presenting clinical information on 14 patients with this anomaly, both to supplement the sc...

Repair of truncus arteriosus.

When commenting on the paper of Danton and colleagues concerning surgical repair of the common arterial trunk, I pointed out that their optimal procedure was first described by the late Kenneth Reid [1]. They indicated in the discussion that they would modify this manuscript accordingly. Sadly, they did not [2]. That does not, however, detract from Mr Reid’s precedence with this particular proc...

A case report of truncus arteriosus communis and genetic counseling

BACKGROUND Truncus arteriosus communis (TAC) is a rare heart disorder with the prevalence of approximately 1%, mostly in male newborns. In this disease, aorta and pulmonary artery have not been separated during fetus development and both originate jointly from left ventricle. In addition, various disorders are reported like ventricular septal defect (VSD), mitral and tricuspid valves defects, a...

Persistent Truncus Arteriosus

PERSISTENT truncus arteriosus is one of the rarer congenital cardiac anomalies. Keith et al.1 cite the incidence to be less than 1 per cent of their congenital cardiac patients Abbott2 found 21 in her autopsy series of 1,000 cases and Wood3 had one in his clinical series of 900. Collett and Edwards4 reviewed, in an excellent study of 80 autopsied cases, the pathology of truncus arteriosus. The ...