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This communication deals only with cases of pulmonary atresia with a ventricular septal defect, and here the surgical technique is not in doubt in that we aim to establish haemodynamic continuity between the right ventricle and the pulmonary arteries through a valve conduit after closure of the VSD. This manoeuvre we were first able to achieve in 1966 and the young man is alive and well approximately 10 years later.
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Ross, D. (1976). The Treatment of Pulmonary Atresia. In: Dyde, J.A., Smith, R.E. (eds) Surgery of the Heart. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4283-0_11
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