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Intraatrial baffle repair of isolated ventricular inversion with left atrial isomerism
D B McElhinney1, V M Reddy, N H Silverman
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Abstract:
Isolated ventricular inversion with left atrial isomerism, partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation to a right superior vena cava was diagnosed by echocardiography in a neonate. At 48 days of age, the patient underwent successful anatomic correction with redirection of flow from the superior vena cava and hepatic veins to the left-sided tricuspid valve, and flow from the pulmonary veins to the right-sided mitral valve. In the present report, the surgical techniques of this case are described, along with a survey of the surgical literature covering anatomic repair of isolated ventricular inversion.