A simple modification to fix the commissural pillar during right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction during the arterial switch operation

Sachin Talwar; Arun Veeram Reddy; Palleti Rajashekar; Shiv Kumar Choudhary; Balram Airan

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2013.11.004

A simple modification to fix the commissural pillar during right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction during the arterial switch operation

Heart Lung Circ. 2014 Apr;23(4):383-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.11.004. Epub 2013 Dec 1.

Authors

Sachin Talwar¹, Arun Veeram Reddy², Palleti Rajashekar², Shiv Kumar Choudhary², Balram Airan²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: sachintalwar@hotmail.com.
² Cardiothoracic Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 24360621
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2013.11.004

Abstract

A simplified technique to fix the commissural pillar of the pulmonary valve at the time of right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction during the arterial switch operation is presented.

Keywords: Arterial switch operation; Commissural fixation; Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction; Surgical technique; Transposition of great arteries.

Copyright © 2013 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

MeSH terms

Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Humans
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*