Fontan-type operation for correcting complex congenital defects in a criss-cross heart.
Three cases of criss-cross heart with severe and complex congenital defects are reported. Precise preoperative diagnosis of the morphologic abnormalities made it possible to choose an optimal method of surgical treatment: all patients successfully underwent a Fontan-type surgical procedure.
Podzolkov
V P
VP
Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
Ivanitsky
A V
AV
Makhachev
O A
OA
Alekian
B G
BG
Chiaureli
M R
MR
Ragimov
F R
FR
D000790:Angiocardiography; D002648:Child; D003420:Crisscross Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods