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Fontan-type operation for correcting complex congenital defects in a criss-cross heart
V P Podzolkov1, A V Ivanitsky, O A Makhachev
1Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
Pediatric Cardiology
|April 1, 1990
Abstract:
Three cases of criss-cross heart with severe and complex congenital defects are reported. Precise preoperative diagnosis of the morphologic abnormalities made it possible to choose an optimal method of surgical treatment: all patients successfully underwent a Fontan-type surgical procedure.