Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum

Opinion statement The prognosis for patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum is poor with and without conventional surgical treatment. Because of this reason, a comprehensive program of medical, transcatheter, and surgical treatment is necessary to improve the long-term outlook of these infants. Algorithms of management plans should be developed based on the presence of right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation as well as size and morphology of the right ventricle. In a tripartite or bipartite right ventricle, transcatheter radiofrequency perforation is preferable. Alternatively, surgical valvotomy may be performed. Augmentation of pulmonary blood flow by prolonged infusion of prostaglandin E₁, stenting the ductus, or a surgical modified Blalock-Taussig shunt may be necessary in some of these patients. In patients with a unipartite or very small right ventricle or a right ventricular-dependent coronary circulation (Tricuspid valve Z score < -2.5), augmentation of pulmonary flow along with atrial septostomy should be undertaken. Follow-up studies to determine the feasibility of biventricular repair should be undertaken and, if feasible, surgical or transcatheter methods may be used to achieve the goals. If not suitable for biventricular repair, one-ventricle (Fontan) or one and one-half ventricular repair should be considered. Comprehensive and well-planned treatment algorithms may help improve survival rate.     

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and antenatal left ventricular failure

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum has been described extensively, and it is recognized that associated abnormalities of the coronary arteries may cause ischemia. We describe a fetus, diagnosed antenatally as having pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and severe hypoplasia of the right ventricle, who developed severe left ventricular dysfunction. We hypothesize that this is due to reduced coronary blood flow because of falling right ventricular volume in the presence of complete right ventricular coronary arterial dependence.     

Association of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum and aortic valve stenosis. Prenatal diagnosis

A rare association of pulmonary atresia with an intact septum was diagnosed through echocardiography in a fetus 32 weeks of gestational age. The diagnosis was later confirmed by echocardiography of the newborn infant and further on autopsy. The aortic valve was bicuspid with a pressure gradient of 81 mmHg, and the right ventricle was hypoplastic, as were the pulmonary trunk and arteries, and the blood flow was totally dependent on the ductus arteriosus.     

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, right-sided aortic arch and ventriculocoronary connection--prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis

The authors describe the prenatal echocardiographic diagnosis of a rare case of pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, right-sided aortic arch, and ventriculocoronary connection in a fetus at 21 weeks gestation. The diagnosis was confirmed at autopsy.     

Pulmonary atresia with an intact interventricular septum

We report this centre's experience of the treatment and follow up of pulmonary atresia with an intact septum. 35 infants were seen during the neonatal period. Opening via catheterisation was attempted in 21 patients with initial success in 10, and 11 failures leading to urgent surgery (surgical opening, n=9) and isolated Blalock-Taussig anastomosis (n=2). Fourteen other patients underwent immediate surgery: surgical opening, n=3, and Blalock alone, n=11. Four patients died in the neonatal period: 1 after successful opening via catheterisation, 3 others after Blalock anastomosis. Five others with a Blalock anastomosis died suddenly later. By the end of follow up, 16 patients had undergone biventricular type repair, of which 7 required additional procedures. 10 others had undergone cavo-pulmonary type repair, including 4 infants in whom the initial strategy of biventricular repair had failed. The only predictive factors at birth for subsequent progression to biventricular type repair were: larger tricuspid diameter at echography (10.9 +/- 2.25 mm versus 6.34 +/- 1.74 mm, p = 0.0007) or at angiography (10.07 +/- 2.09 mm versus 8.04 +/- 2.42 mm, p = 0.039), and the right ventricular morphology (p = 0.0011) with more tripartite ventricles, and less bipartite or even unipartite ones in the biventricular group.     

室间隔完整型肺动脉闭锁及肺动脉瓣狭窄的手术治疗

目的探讨新生儿、婴儿室间隔完整型肺动脉闭锁及危重型肺动脉瓣狭窄的手术治疗。方法19例患儿,其中室间隔完整型肺动脉膜性闭锁10例,危重型肺动脉瓣狭窄9例。15例经胸正中切口体外循环心脏不停跳下完成手术,4例经左胸后外侧切口非体外循环下完成手术。除早期1例同期行动脉导管未闭（PDA）结扎及卵圆孔未闭缝合术外,其余18例均保留PDA、单纯切开肺动脉瓣。结果本组围术期死亡2例,院外死亡1例。其余16例术后当日肺动脉跨瓣压差为37—132mmHg,平均61mmHg;2周后为26～77mmHg,平均43mmHg,较术后早期明显降低（P〈0．05）。出院前不吸氧下测动脉血氧饱和度78％～92％,平均85％,较术前明显增高（P〈0．05）。随访PDA均闭合,右心室较术前明显增大,三尖瓣反流消失或明显减轻,房水平分流消失。结论对室间隔完整型肺动脉闭锁及危重型肺动脉瓣狭窄实施单纯肺动脉瓣切开术治疗安全有效。     

Pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, right-sided aortic arch, and an aorto-pulmonary collateral artery.

Described is a rare association in a patient with the heart in the left chest, namely pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, fistulous coronary arterial connections, a right-sided aortic arch and an aorto-pulmonary collateral artery feeding one lung. The pulmonary arteries were non-confluent, with the right lung supplied by the right arterial duct originating from the under surface of the right-sided aortic arch, and the left lung supplied through the aorto-pulmonary collateral artery arising from the descending aorta. The surgical management is different in the setting of non-confluent pulmonary arteries.