title: Fontan-type operation for correcting complex congenital defects in a criss-cross heart.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Bakulev Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Podzolkov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Ivanitsky
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Makhachev
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Alekian
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chiaureli
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Ragimov
mesh_terms: 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