Growth of the lateral tunnel in patients who underwent a total cavopulmonary connection at less than 5 years of age☆ | Zendy

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Growth of the lateral tunnel in patients who underwent a total cavopulmonary connection at less than 5 years of age☆

Author(s) -

Yasuhiro Fujii,

Yasuhiro Kotani,

Masami Takagaki,

Sadahiko Arai,

Shingo Kasahara,

Shinichi Otsuki,

Shunji Sano

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.01.014

Subject(s) - medicine , body weight , body surface area , nuclear medicine , cardiology , surgery

A lateral tunnel-total cavopulmonary connection (LT-TCPC) using a right atrial (RA) free wall is the first choice of treatment for patients with a small body weight in this institute. Whether the growth of the LT is appropriate or not according to the growth of the body remains controversial. In addition, the optimal initial diameter of an LT is unknown. The purpose of this study was to verify the growth of the LT.

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