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An Alternative Approach for Repair of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection to the Coronary Sinus at the Time of Extracardiac Total Cavopulmonary Connection
Author(s) -
Talwar Sachin,
Rajashekar Palleti,
Muthukkumaran Subramanian,
Choudhary Shiv Kumar,
Airan Balram
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12282
Subject(s) - medicine , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , coronary sinus , connection (principal bundle) , venous return curve , cardiology , right heart , venous blood , surgery , hemodynamics , structural engineering , engineering
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection can be encountered in patients with a univentricular heart and must be addressed to at the time of univentricular palliation. We present an alternative technique of re‐channeling of the pulmonary venous return toward the left heart in these patients. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12282 (J Card Surg 2014;29:403–405)