Cardiac Lesion Series: Truncus Arteriosus

Healing Hearts: Empowering Pediatric Critical Care Providers

In the cardiac lesion series, pediatric Intensivist, Dr. Laura Ortmann, describes the background of the cardiac lesion, what it looks like clinically, the most common complications post-operatively, and how the lesion is managed. In this episode, she will discuss the Cardiac Lesion Truncus Arteriosus. There are four different types of Truncus Arteriosus and each type depends on how the pulmonary arteries come off the truncus. If you want to listen in order of the series, this episode follows ALCAPA. Listen in to learn more!