Lecture 1 / Tricuspid Atresia Flashcards
Type 1 Tricuspid Atresia
- 70%- No tricuspid valve - Hypoplastic RV- Normally, the great arteries are positioned correctly.
Type 1A Tricuspid Atresia
- Pulmonary atresia- Virtual abscence of the right ventricle.
Type 1B Tricuspid Atresia
- Pulmonary Stenosis- Small VSD
Type 1C Tricuspid Atresia
- Normal pulmonary valve- Large VSD
Type II Tricuspid Atresia
30% of the cases have transposed great arteries.
Type IIA Tricuspid Atresia
- transposed great arteries- Pulmonary Atresia
Type IIB Tricuspid Atresia
- transposed great arteries- pulmonary or subpulmonarystenosis
Type IIC Tricuspid Atresia
- transposed great arteries- normal or enlargedpulmonary valve and artery without subpulmonary stenosis.
Stenosis
the abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body.
4 Tricuspid Atresia Options for Repair
• BT Shunt• Glenn/Bidirectional Glenn• Fontan• TCPC
What happens if Tricuspid Atresia is not corrected ?
increase risk forEisenmenger’s Physiology– Left to right shunt switches to right to left shunt– No surgical procedures to correct this.
Blalock-Taussig Shunt for Tricuspid Atresia.
Palliative care for Tricuspid Atresia by placing a shunt that connects the brachiocephalic artery to the right pulmonary artery.
Eisenmenger’s Physiology
Way to much circulation to the lungs which causes a right to left blood shunt. This leads to the PVR to become SUPER SYSTEMIC which is irreversible.
Glenn Anastomosis for TricuspidAtresia Restrictive ventricular septal defect Small atrial septal defect (vs. patent foramen ovale)
SVC to the right pulmonary artery only. This means that the right Pulmonary artery was divided, SVC was also divided from the RA, and then the SVC was connected to the Right pulmonary artery. Flow from the SVC > Right PA > Lung >PV >LA > LV & RV via VSD > from RV > PA > Left Lung
Bi-dirrectional Glenn
Same as the original glen procedure, except the right pulmonary artery was not divided from the left, it therefore flow into both lungs.