The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 69, 458-466, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Tetralogy of Fallot with atresia of the left pulmonary artery: surgical repair using a homograft aortic valve
M Goldsmith, MA Farina and RM Shaher
Two cases of tetralogy of Fallot with unilateral absence of the left
pulmonary artery are presented. Both patients required a valve- retaining
homograft because of severe pulmonary valve incompetence following previous
surgical correction. This uncommon anatomic variant presents special
surgical problems, as pointed out in a review of the literature.