Why the study?
Does temporary cusp approximation successfully manage significant truncal valvular regurgitation during operations for truncus arteriosus anomaly?
Population
71 patients undergoing operations for correction of the truncus arteriosus anomaly, including 19 with…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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May support valve-sparing repair in truncus arteriosus; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does temporary cusp approximation successfully manage significant truncal valvular regurgitation during operations for truncus arteriosus anomaly?
Temporary cusp approximation is a successful technique for managing significant truncal valvular regurgitation during truncus arteriosus correction, and persistence of regurgitation may be preferable to valve replacement in non-severe cases.
Leval et al. (1974) studied this question.
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