Total cavopulmonary connection for right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.
Endomyocardial fibrosis is an endemic problem in tropical countries and is characterised by ventricular cavity obliteration, decreased ventricular compliance, and atrioventricular valve regurgitation. We report on a patient with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis resulting in obliteration of the cavity and tricuspid regurgitation treated successfully by total cavopulmonary connection and exclusion of the right ventricle.
Kumar
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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Prabhakar
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Fawzy
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al Halees
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Z
Duran
C M
CM
D000328:Adult; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*