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Senning Procedure for Physiological Atrial Inversion With Left Atrial Isomerism
Bibhuti B Das1, K Anitha Jayakumar2, Ming-Lon Young2
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, Austin Specialty Care, Austin, Texas.
JACC. Case Reports
|July 28, 2021
Summary
This study details an infant with complex heart defects, including left atrial isomerism and parallel circulation, treated with the Senning procedure. It highlights poor mixing as a rare cause of cyanosis in such cases.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Cardiology
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cardiac Surgery
Background:
- Left atrial isomerism presents complex venous connections.
- Physiological parallel circulation can occur with ventriculoarterial concordance.
- Cyanosis in infants can stem from rare causes like poor circulatory mixing.
Keywords:
CDH, congenital diaphragmatic herniaLA, left atrialSVC, superior vena cavaSenning procedureTGA, transposition of the great arteriesatrial inversionleft atrial isomerismleft ventricular noncompactionMore Related Videos
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