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Tricuspid atresia with absent pulmonary valve and intact ventricular septum: a rare association
Thomas H Best1, Himesh V Vyas, Robert D B Jaquiss
1Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Arkansas Children's Hospital and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA. bestthomash@uams.edu
Abstract:
The absence of the pulmonary valve in connection with tricuspid atresia and intact ventricular septum is a rare malformation, associated with a poor prognosis. The right ventricle is severely hypertrophied, resembling a cardiac mass protruding into the left ventricular outflow tract. We report such a case that underwent successful palliation with a Blalock-Taussig shunt followed by a superior cavopulmonary anastomosis.
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