The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 92, 1099-1101, Copyright © 1986 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Aortic atresia and aortico-left ventricular tunnel: successful surgical management by Konno aortoventriculoplasty in a neonate
RA Guyton, RE Michalik, AB McIntyre, WH Plauth Jr, EW Nugent, CR Hatcher Jr and WH Williams
A newborn infant with aortic atresia and aortico-left ventricular tunnel
was successfully treated by Konno aortoventriculoplasty. A 15 mm
Ionescu-Shiley pericardial xenograft was inserted when the patient was 5
days old and it was replaced with a 19 mm St. Jude Medical prosthesis at 2
years of age.