Related Experiment Videos
Bilateral Pulmonary Artery Banding in Ebstein's Anomaly With Circular Shunting
Moyu Hasegawa1, Shigemitsu Iwai1, Sanae Yamauchi1
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Abstract:
We present a case of critical Ebstein's anomaly with circular shunting, diagnosed in utero. The fetal cardiothoracic area ratio was elevated; tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary regurgitation worsened with fetal hydrops. At 35 weeks 6 days of gestation, elective caesarean section delivery was performed. Planned bilateral pulmonary artery banding and pulmonary trunk ligation were performed as a palliative operation 4 hours after birth, with the infant in a stable condition. At age 5 days, we performed the Starnes operation. The postoperative course was uneventful and a bidirectional Glenn operation was performed at age 4 months.