Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract caused by a tuberculoma in a patient with ventricular septal defect and aneurysm of the membranous septum

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cleusa Lapa Santos ◽  
Fernando Moraes ◽  
Carlos R. Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Ventricular Septal Defect ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Outflow Tract ◽  
The Right ◽  
Membranous Septum

AbstractReported here is an obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract caused by a tuberculoma in a 15-year-old boy who presented with a ventricular septal defect. The obstruction was discovered at surgery and the tuberculous aetiology was only demonstrated histologically. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a tuberculoma of the heart associated with congenital heart disease.

Reconstruction of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract With a Conduit in Congenital Heart Disease

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-319
Author(s):  
John A. Waldhausen ◽  
William S. Pierce ◽  
Victor Whitman ◽  
John L. Pennock
Keyword(s):  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Outflow Tract ◽  
Long Term Results ◽  
Surgical Reconstruction ◽  
The Right

A series of five patients with complex cyanotic congenital cardiac malformations underwent surgical reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract using a Dacron conduit with a porcine aortic valve. All patients survived and all have shown clinical improvement. At cardiac catheterization postoperatively, a pressure gradient of between 20 and 50 mm Hg across the conduit was found in all patients. This surgical approach to patients necessitating reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract is effective and appears to have the best long-term results.

Initial clinical manifestations and mid- and long-term results after surgical repair of double-chambered right ventricle in children and adults

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ragiab Telagh ◽  
Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili ◽  
Ronald Hetzer ◽  
Peter E. Lange ◽  
Felix Berger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ventricular Septal Defect ◽  
Right Ventricle ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Septal Defect ◽  
Surgical Repair ◽  
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Ventricular Outflow Tract ◽  
Outflow Tract ◽  
The Right

AbstractObjectiveBy means of retrospective analysis of our institutional experience, we reviewed the clinical manifestation and outcomes of patients subsequent to surgical repair of double-chambered right ventricle.MethodsBetween 1988 and 2005, we performed surgical repair in 35 of 37 patients diagnosed with double-chambered right ventricle. The patients ranged in age from 4 to 69 years, with a mean of 21.3 years. Most presented in infancy, with initial manifestation of a short systolic murmur in 34 (92%) of all cases. Pressure gradients were measured invasively across the right ventricular outflow tract of between 30 and 140 mmHg, with a median of 60 mmHg. An associated ventricular septal defect was present in 26 patients (70%). Of the group, 4 patients were aged over 40 years, and 2 had previously undergone operative closure of a ventricular septal defect.ResultsThe operative interval ranged from 2 months to 41 years, with a median of 9 years. In all, we resected muscular bundles and enlarged the right ventricular outflow tract. There was no hospital or late death. Median follow-up subsequent to surgery was 7 years, with a range from 0.4 to 11 years. No patient required further surgery to relieve any obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract, nor long term medical therapy or pacing because of cardiac arrhythmia.ConclusionsSurgical repair of a double-chambered right ventricle yields excellent haemodynamic and functional results over the mid to long term.

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