Right ventricular aneurysm following modified Norwood-Sano operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Mohsen Karimi1, Ahmed Farouk, John Stork
1Rainbow Heart Center, Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract:
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a rare congenital heart defect characterized by underdevelopment of left-sided heart structures, including the aortic arch. The contemporary surgical management of this anomaly includes the Norwood procedure and provision of pulmonary blood flow by either a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) or a right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduit, commonly referred to as the Sano shunt. We report on an unusual complication of the Sano shunt, that of a giant right ventricular pseudoaneurysm occurring at the shunt insertion site.
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