We report the case of a 12-year-old patient with truncus arteriosus (common arterial trunk) who underwent successful surgical repair. The ventricular septal defect was closed using a unidirectional valved patch to act as a safeguard in the event of postoperative pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular decompensation.
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