Long-term follow-up of surgically corrected patients with common arterial trunk

The first successful surgical correction of truncus arteriosus (common arterial trunk) was performed in 1967 and long-term follow-up is now available on 137 operative survivors. Actuarial survival was 46.4% at 24 years. Late survival was statistically significantly improved in patients having correction during the first 2 years of life when compared to those corrected after the age of 2. Late mortality was secondary to reoperation, most commonly...