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Staged repair of tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries.

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

September 2003

Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Division of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, M/41, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.

Objective: To assess the results of a staged surgical approach for tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia, hypoplastic or absent pulmonary arteries, and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries.

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed a consecutive series of these patients from a single institution.

Results: From July 1993 to April 2001, 46 consecutive patients with tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary atresia, and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries were treated with staged surgical repair.

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