The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 77, 474-477, Copyright © 1979 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Repair of pulmonary arterial stenosis after Waterston-Cooley anastomosis
DA Cooley and JM Smith
Within the spectrum of neonatal congenital cyanotic heart disease, emergent
surgery is often necessary to correct profound pulmonary hypoperfusion. An
ascending aorto-to-pulmonary artery anastomosis (Waterston-Cooley) has
proved to be the preferred procedure in selected patients. A new technique
to correct the occasional resultant pulmonary arterial deformity is
presented which is performed concomitantly with definitive intracardiac
correction.