A Lesson About Pulmonary Artery Development From A Developing World Study

In the current issue of the Seminars, Patel and colleagues from India report outcomes in 25 patients with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary atresia (VSD/PA) who underwent valveless right ventricle to pulmonary artery (RV-PA) shunt as initial palliative surgery.1 There was one operative and one late death. Among the remaining 23 patients, 17 achieved full repair while 6 were awaiting full repair. The distinctive aspect of this series is that the mean age of patients was 12.3 ±3.2 years, much older than VSD/PA patients in the North America or Europe who typically receive surgery during infancy.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: CONGENITAL – Editorial Commentary Source Type: research