title: Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection: surgical repair with a double-patch technique.
abstract: A double-patch technique has been used to repair total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in 35 patients (mean age, 4.9 months; mean weight, 4.2 kg). In all patients with supracardiac or subdiaphragmatic type of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, repair has been accomplished by enlarging the "new" left atrium. There were three early deaths (3 of 35 = 8.6%) and no late deaths in a mean follow-up of 30 months (3 to 71 months). We propose this double-patch technique as an alternative surgical option for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Medico-Chirurgico di Cardiologia Pediatrica, Ospedale Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Corno
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giamberti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carotti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giannico
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marcelletti
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006325:Heart Atria; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene