Extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.
We report the case of a 6-year-old child who underwent definitive conversion to the Fontan circulation using a newly conceived operative technique. This new procedure allows the operation to be performed as a totally extracardiac operation and is based on the hydrodynamic principles of the total cavopulmonary connection.
Laschinger
J C
JC
Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore.
Ringel
R E
RE
Brenner
J I
JI
McLaughlin
J S
JS
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000002:abnormalities; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*