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A 30-year follow-up after ventricular septation: the first and the present patient
Koji Nomura1, Hiromi Kurosawa, Tatsuta Arai
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nomura@zg7.so-net.ne.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 29, 2002
Abstract:
Two patients with double inlet left ventricles were successfully treated by ventricular septation. Patient 1, a 38-year-old woman, underwent operation in 1971. This patient has been a full-time worker. Patient 2, a 2-year-old boy, had a relatively small left ventricle with an estimated volume of 134% of normal value. This patient underwent ventricular septation in 1995. He is now in New York Heart Association class II and enjoying school life.