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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:328-329
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Reconstruction of double-outlet right ventricular outflow tract comprising a pulmonary artery flap in a child with an anomalous coronary artery

^a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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To the Editor:

van Son¹ provided a useful operative solution for repairing tetralogy of Fallot of anomalous origin in the left anterior descending coronary artery and small pulmonary annulus. The technique, using a pulmonary artery flap as the posterior wall of the constructed pathway, has the potential advantage of preserving growth and avoiding coronary damage for this subset. However, no interim or long-term results have been reported.

A 3-year-old boy who had been cyanotic since birth . . . [Full Text of this Article]