Open AccessNorwood-I in a hypoplastic left heart variant and right aortic arch
Author(s) -
Antonio Amodeo,
Martin Schweiger,
Tugba Erdil,
Michael Hübler
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivab165
Subject(s) - hypoplastic left heart syndrome , medicine , aortic arch , heart disease , cardiology , norwood procedure , hypoplasia , aorta
Even though preoperative diagnostics have improved significantly, intraoperative surprises may still occur especially in the case of complex congenital heart disease. An instance of such a complex congenital heart disease is a hypoplastic left heart syndrome with a right-sided aortic arch. In this case report, we present 1 patient with such a complex and unexpected anatomy, as well as a possible way to overcome the obstacles.