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Left ventricular diverticulum repair in a newborn
A J Rastan1, T Walther, I Daehnert
1Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center Leipzig, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. vera.ardawan.rastan@t-online.de
Abstract:
We report on a male newborn requiring repair of a huge left apical diverticulum leading to progressive heart failure and extensive ventricular arrhythmia. At the age of 11 days, a modified Dor procedure using an autologous endoventricular pericardial patch was performed. Postoperatively, a significant reduction of ventricular extrasystole was evident. One year postoperatively, the infant demonstrates a normal cognitive and somatic development without clinical signs of cardiac failure.
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