Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 71-95, July 2009

Reprint of Staged Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot with Pulmonary Atresia and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries☆

Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan

Abstract 

Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) is a rare but important anatomical configuration. Unifocalization is one surgical procedure that creates an adequate pulmonary circulation in the setting of MAPCAs. In this text, the variable anatomy of MAPCAs and the correspondingly variable unifocalization procedures are described in seven case presentations.

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☆ Reprinted from Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: A Comparative Atlas, vol 12(2); pages 110–140.

PII: S1058-9813(09)00006-X

doi:10.1016/j.ppedcard.2009.04.001

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 71-95, July 2009

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