Late failure of double-inlet left ventricle septation: treatment by orthotopic heart transplantation.
We report a patient in whom orthotopic heart transplantation was performed after late failure of ventricular septation for double-inlet left ventricle. This case shows that orthotopic heart transplantation represents a valid therapeutic alternative in children with previous correction of complex congenital heart defects not amenable to further intracardiac repair.
Stellin
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Padua Medical School, Italy.
Mazzucco
A
A
Bortolotti
U
U
Faggian
G
G
Livi
U
U
Angelini
A
A
Gallucci
V
V
D000293:Adolescent; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation