Norwood operation for univentricular heart with subaortic stenosis in the neonate.
In the setting of a single ventricle, subaortic stenosis may be enhanced by pulmonary artery banding and may later contraindicate a Fontan operation. The Norwood operation may prove a preferable alternative in some infants as a preparatory procedure. We have successfully used this procedure as the initial operation to palliate a newborn with tricuspid atresia, transposition of the great arteries, coarctation, and severe arch hypoplasia secondary to a restrictive bulboventricular foramen.
Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Quebec, Canada.
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Tchervenkov
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Béland
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Dobell
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D001020:Aortic Stenosis, Subvalvular / Q000601:surgery*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care