[Methods for the hemodynamic correction of the single heart ventricle]

Experience with hemodynamic correction of the only heart ventricle is presented. Four operations have been performed: plastic closure of the right atrioventricular opening and formation of a direct right atrial--pulmonary anastomosis using a pericardial autograft patch in 3 patients, and the suture of atrioventricular opening with the formation of an anastomosis between the right atrium and the pulmonary artery, using an avalvular prosthesis, in 1 patient. The results are quite satisfactory in all cases.