Outcomes of palliative right ventricle to pulmonary artery connection for pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect†

Abstract

Hospital deaths after the RVPA connection were low. The procedure allowed good growth of the native pulmonary artery. Biventricular repair was possible in a large number of cases. The late morbidity rate remains significant. Early reinterventions could be avoided by appropriate calibration. This technique appears to be suitable for any type of PA/VSD with central pulmonary arteries.