Technique of transplantation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome with left superior vena cava.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The presence of a left superior vena cava in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome complicates the technical performance of orthotopic cardiac transplantation. In this report we describe a modification of the recipient cardiectomy to maintain patency of the left superior vena cava, leaving the recipient coronary sinus as a conduit for it into the right atrium and avoiding complex venous reconstructions.
Medical subject headings
- Heart Defects, Congenital
- Heart Transplantation
- Vena Cava, Superior