title: Takedown and reconstruction of cavopulmonary anastomosis.
abstract: Takedown and reconstruction of a previous Glenn anastomosis at the time of repair was performed in 1 child with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect and in 3 children with transposition of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary stenosis. All 4 survived and showed excellent clinical results. The surgical technique and postoperative hemodynamic and lung scintigraphic data are presented.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*