Guillermo Oscar Alejandro Kreutzer, Argentine pediatric cardiologist (Buenos Aires 11 December 1934 –
Developed operation for correction of tricuspid atresia (1971) performing the first total fenestrated pulmonary ventricle bypass in the world (Fontan-Kreutzer operation)
Una operación para la correción de la atresia tricuspidea. Presented 5th Reunião Cient. Soc. Arg. Cardiol. (1971)
With E. Galíndez, H. Bono, C. de Palma & J.P. Laura. An operation for the correction of tricuspid atresia. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 66:613-21, 1973
Suggested using Jatene’s operation of repair of transposition of great vessels in transposed newborn without ventricular septal defects
With R. Neirotti, E. Galíndez, A. Coronel & E. Kreutzer. Anatomic correction for transposition of the great arteries. J. Thorac.Cardiovasc. Surg. 73:538-42, 1977
Performed the first international experience in tetralogy of Fallot with subpulmonary ventricular septal defects
With R. Neirotti, E. Galíndez, A. Rodríguez Coronel, M. Pedrini & L. Becu. Tetralogy of Fallot with subpulmonary ventricular septal defect. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 25:51-6, 1978
Created direct posterior atriopulmonary anastomosis (1978)
With F.J. Vargas, A.J. Schlichter, J.P. Laura et al. Atriopulmonary anastomosis. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 83(3):427-36, 1982
Proposed to repair the transposition of great arteries with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis
With F.J. Vargas, A. Schlichter, M. Granja & E. Kreutzer. Repair of corrected transposition with ventricular septal defect and pulmonary stenosis. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 40:509-11, 1985
Developed a technique of the autologous pericardial valved conduit
With A.J. Schlichter. Tubo valvulado de pericardio autologo. Rev. Lat. Cardiol. Cir. Cardiovasc. Inf. 1:37-40, 1985
Improved Fontan-Kreutzer operation
With J.F. Keane, J.E. Lock, E.P. Walsh, R.A. Jonas, A.R. Castañeda & J.E. Mayer Jr. Conversion of modified Fontan procedure to lateral atrial tunnel cavopulmonary anastomosis. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 111(6):1169-76, 1996
Described a surgical technique to perform a total bypass of the venous ventricle via cavo atriopulmonary anastomosis
With C. Kreutzer & A.J. Schlichter. Cavo atriopulmonary anastomosis via a non- prosthetic media tunnel. J. Cardiac. Surg. 12(1):37-40, 1997
Developed an original technique for the tetralogy of Fallot repair with agenesis of the pulmonary valve
With A.J. Schlichter & G.O. Kreutzer. Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve: a surgical technique for complete repair. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 117:192, 1999
Introduced modifications in varieties of venous ventricle by-pass such as a new fenestration form by total bypass of right ventricle (2001)
With Ch. Kreutzer, A.J. Schlichter, J. Simón et al. A new method for reliable fenestration in extracardiac conduit. Ann. Thorac. Surg. 75:1657-9, 2003
Suggested a 24 mmm cerclage of pulmonary artery in patients with tetralogy of Fallot after transannular patch repair or autologous pericardial valved conduit
Previous banding of the pulmonary artery could enhance later transcatheter implantation of a biologic valve. World J. Pediatr. Congen. Heart Surg. 5:644, 2014
OTHERS
With F.J. Vargas. A surgical technique for correction of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 90(3):410-3, 1985
With C. Kreutzer, C. Blunda & A.J. Schlichter. The autologous pericardial valved conduit for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction. Oper. Techn. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 8(3):146-9, 2003
With C. Kreutzer, G. Zapico, C. Blunda, J.L. Simon & A.J. Schlichter. A simplified technique for short-term postcardiotomy pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. J. thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 51(5):659-62, 2004
With C. Kreutzer, G. Zapico, J.L. Simon & A.J. Schlichter. A simplified and economic technique for immediate postcardiotomy pediatric extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. ASAIO Journal (2005)
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