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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1996;112:392-402
© 1996 Mosby, Inc.

SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE

SURGERY FOR CONGENTIAL HEART DISEASE
UNIFOCALIZATION FOR PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT AND MAJOR AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERAL ARTERIES

From the Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan.

Received for publication June 16, 1995 Revisions requested Sept. 13, 1995; revisions received Oct. 16, 1995 Accepted for publication Oct. 19, 1995. Address for reprints: Toshikatsu Yagihara, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565, Japan.

Abstract

To extend the indications for corrective operation in patients with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries, surgical procedures were done to unify the blood sources for pulmonary perfusion. Since December 1985, 50 patients have undergone unifocalization at ages from 2 months to 26 years with a mean of 6 ± 7 years. In total, 84 staged unifocalization procedures and 5 other palliative procedures were done in 49 patients. These included several operative procedures: simple ligation of major aortopulmonary collateral arteries in 8; pulmonary angioplasty in 29 including reconstruction of the pulmonary arterial tree by direct anastomosis or interposition between the central pulmonary arteries and the intrapulmonary arteries; construction of artificial central pulmonary arteries with use of a xenograft pericardial tube graft in 36 with no native central pulmonary arteries detected; and construction of supplemental central pulmonary arteries also with use of a pericardial tube graft in 10. The pericardial tube graft, if used, was anastomosed to the intrapulmonary arteries on one end and connected to a prosthetic tube on the other end so as to perfuse the reconstructed pulmonary arteries. The anastomosis was made inside the lung through the divided interlobar fissure. Five patients died after operation among those undergoing these 89 preparative operative procedures. Deaths were related either to bleeding caused by anticoagulation therapy administered to prevent thrombosis within the xenograft pericardial tube graft used or to progressive congestive heart failure as a result of an excessive amount of pulmonary blood flow. Twenty-six patients have undergone intracardiac repair after previous unifocalization. In 16 patients the artificial central pulmonary arteries surgically constructed were connected to each other and then an external conduit was placed. In another patient, intracardiac repair and unifocalization could be concomitantly achieved via a median sternotomy. The right ventricle to left ventricle systolic pressure ratio immediately after intracardiac repair in 27 patients ranged from 0.24 to 0.91 with a mean of 0.54 ± 0.17. One patient (4%) died shortly after intracardiac repair because of thrombosis within the pulmonary arteries. Postoperative catheterization showed that pulmonary vascular resistance was correlated significantly with the number of pulmonary vascular segments functioning rather than with the condition of the central pulmonary arteries. We conclude that surgical unifocalization is a feasible procedure before subsequent intracardiac repair, even in patients with critically hypoplastic or absent central pulmonary arteries. (J THORACCARDIOVASCSURG1996;112:392-402)

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