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Infant partial left ventriculectomy for failure to wean from cardiopulmonary bypass
S Westaby1, P A Catarino, T Katsumata
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, United Kingdom. swestaby@ahf.org.uk
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
Following aortic reimplantation of anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery in a 6-month-old infant, the heart failed to wean after prolonged supportive cardiopulmonary bypass and maximal inotropic support. We performed partial left ventriculectomy (Batista procedure) that halved left atrial pressure and enabled discontinuation of bypass. Postoperative recovery was then uneventful.