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Successful surgical palliation of a triple-outlet right ventricle: a rare congenital cardiac malformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2015

Beatrix S. Traa ,
George M. Alfieris  and
Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber
Beatrix S. Traa
Affiliation:
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America
George M. Alfieris
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
Carol A. Wittlieb-Weber*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: C. A. Wittlieb-Weber, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester 14642, New York, United States of America. Tel: 585 275 6108; Fax: 585 442 0104; E-mail: carol_wittlieb-weber@urmc.rochester.edu
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Abstract

Most commonly, hearts have either a single arterial trunk or two arterial trunks; however, rare reports exist of a “tritruncal” heart, a heart with three outflow tracts. Here, we present one of the first reports of successful surgical palliation of a triple-outlet right ventricle.

Keywords

Paediatricscongenital heart diseaseconotruncal malformation
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Supplement 2 , February 2016 , pp. 403 - 405
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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