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Total cavopulmonary direct anastomosis: a logical approach in selected patients
A Carotti1, F S Iorio, A Amodeo
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Roma, Italy.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
A 2.5-year-old boy with a diagnosis of situs solitus, tricuspid atresia, anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries (S,D,L), left juxtaposition of atrial appendages, and pulmonary stenosis underwent successful total cava-to-pulmonary connection by means of a superior vena cava-to-pulmonary artery end-to-side anastomosis associated with an inferior vena cava-to-pulmonary artery direct anastomosis. Anatomic features and surgical technique are described.