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Modified repair of mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
P A Berdat1, J P Pfammatter, I Genyk
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital, Bern. pascal.berdat@insel.ch
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
Mixed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare condition, accounting for only 5% of diagnosed TAPVC. It is associated with a poor prognosis unless surgically corrected by connecting the pulmonary venous sinus to the left atrium and optionally dividing the abnormal connection to the systemic venous system. We report a modified technique of complete intracardiac repair of mixed supracardiac and cardiac TAPVC in a 3-year-old child without pulmonary venous sinus-to-left atrium anastomosis.