In truncus arteriosus there is too much blood going into the lungs than would in a normal newborn. In addition, when there is associated VSD as is often the case, there is mixing of pure and ...

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With truncus arteriosus, those vessels don't become separate channels. The baby has only one large artery that carries blood to the lungs and body. A baby born with this condition also usually has ...

Original Article Archive A Double Truncus Arteriosus in Thoracopagus Twins Authors: A. Karen Kreutner, B.A., Joseph Levine, M.D., and Henry Thiede, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published June ...

Duke Health announced successful completion of the world’s first partial heart transplant, using living arteries and valves from a donor heart that were fused onto the existing heart of a ...

Children who undergo truncus arteriosus repair have an increased risk for mortality within the first year of life, although some factors like the type of conduit intervention may decrease the risk ...

Truncus arteriosus is a rare, congenital heart defect where a single blood vessel comes out of the right and left ventricle of the heart, instead of the usual two – the pulmonary artery and aorta.

“In Truncus Arteriosus, the patient does not have two defined vessels leaving the heart. He has one vessel. So, there is no separation between the lungs’ blood flow and the body blood flow.

MALTBY — Nine-year-old Katja de Groot was born with truncus arteriosus, which is a complex congenital heart defect. After ...