Unifocalization of major aortopulmonary collateral arteries in pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect using antibiotic sterilized pulmonary homograft: a case report.
A unifocalization procedure in a 9-year-old girl with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) was performed using an antibiotic sterilized pulmonary homograft. A tailored pulmonary homograft was used as an interposition graft to anastomose the pulmonary artery to the larger MAPCA after a side-to-side anastomosis had been done between the two MAPCAs. The pulmonary homograft was connected to the right subclavin artery with a 6-mm Gore-Tex shunt. Postoperative oxygen saturation (SaO2) levels were satisfactory and a postoperative angiogram showed good unifocalization of the pulmonary vasculature.