Total cavo-pulmonary connection without foreign material for asplenic heart associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Author(s) -
Kazunaga Agematsu,
Yuji Naito,
Mieko Aoki,
T. Fujiwara
Publication year - 2007
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 - 10.1510/icvts.2007.161208
Subject(s) - medicine , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , superior vena cava , cardiology , pulmonary artery , ventricle , inferior vena cava , asplenia , spleen
The presented case was a 3-year-old boy diagnosed with asplenia (SLL), double outlet right ventricle, pulmonary stenosis, atrioventricular septal defect, hypoplastic left ventricle and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the superior vena cava. Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection was repaired by translocation of pulmonary artery to avoid pulmonary venous obstruction when Glenn anastomosis was performed. Total cavo-pulmonary connection was established by re-routing the inferior vena cava to pulmonary artery using the atrial septal remnant and the left atrium free wall flap.
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