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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in situs inversus totalis
Guido Oppido1, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Stefania Martano
1Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti, n.9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. guidooppido@yahoo.com
Abstract:
A very rare case of a newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and situs inversus totalis is herein reported. Successful surgical treatment of this cardiac malformation was accomplished at our institution and consisted of: modified Norwood stage I procedure, with direct anastomosis of the transected main pulmonary artery to the aortic arch, without any prosthetic material interposition and right ventricle to pulmonary artery polytetrafluoroethylene shunt.