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Total cavopulmonary connection for right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis
N Kumar1, G Prabhakar, M E Fawzy
1King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abstract:
Endomyocardial fibrosis is an endemic problem in tropical countries and is characterised by ventricular cavity obliteration, decreased ventricular compliance, and atrioventricular valve regurgitation. We report on a patient with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis resulting in obliteration of the cavity and tricuspid regurgitation treated successfully by total cavopulmonary connection and exclusion of the right ventricle.