title: Total cavopulmonary connection for right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prabhakar
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fawzy
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: al Halees
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Duran
mesh_terms: 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*