The Longest Documented Postoperative Survivor of a Brock Procedure 63 Years Later

Navyatha Mohan; Masood Ahmad; Ghannam Al Dossari; Erin Roughneen; Patrick T Roughneen

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.089

The Longest Documented Postoperative Survivor of a Brock Procedure 63 Years Later

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 May;113(5):e347-e349. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.089. Epub 2021 Jul 1.

Authors

Navyatha Mohan¹, Masood Ahmad², Ghannam Al Dossari¹, Erin Roughneen³, Patrick T Roughneen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas.
³ Department of Biology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas. Electronic address: ptroughn@utmb.edu.

PMID: 34217693
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.089

Abstract

An infant with critical pulmonary valve stenosis underwent a Brock procedure in 1957 with subsequent repair of pulmonary stenosis and an atrial septal defect at age 6. At age 17 she underwent repair for paradoxical embolization secondary to a residual atrial septal defect. She presented 54 years later with recurrent pulmonary stenosis and a symptomatic 6.2-cm pulmonary artery aneurysm repaired with a 23-mm aortic homograft. This patient is the longest reported postoperative survivor after a Brock procedure. She continues to do well 63 years after her initial surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aneurysm*
Child
Female
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial*
Humans
Infant
Postoperative Complications / surgery
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis* / etiology
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis* / surgery
Survivors