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Specific Conditions
Table 40. Truncus Arteriosus: Routine Follow-Up and Testing
Intervals
Type of Follow-Up
or Testing
Physiological
Stage A* (mo)
Physiological
Stage B* (mo)
Physiological
Stage C* (mo)
Physiological
Stage D* (mo)
Outpatient ACHD
cardiologist
N/A 12
3–6
3–6
Electrocardiogram N/A 12
6–12 6–12
Transthoracic
echocardiogram
N/A 12
6–12 6–12
* See Section 2.2 for details on the ACHD anatomic and physiological classification system.
ACHD indicates adult congenital heart disease; and N/A, not applicable.
4.4.3. Truncus Arteriosus
4.4.4. Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
Table 41. Surgical Management Options for Types of
Double-Outlet Right Ventricle
Type of Double-Outlet Right
Ventricle Physiology Surgical Management Options
Ventricular septal defect type
with double-outlet right ventricle
Le ventricle to aorta intracardiac baffle
Tetralog y of Fallot type with
pulmonary stenosis or atresia
Le ventricle to aorta intracardiac baffle with right
ventricular outflow tract reconstruction or right
ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit
dextro-transposition of the great
arteries type
Arterial switch operation with closure of
ventricular septal defect; Rastelli-type repair;
aortic translocation
Hypoplastic ventricle with
single-ventricle type physiolog y
Fontan operation
