title: Can concordant criss-cross heart be ameliorated by hemodynamic changes?
abstract: A 2-year-old female child with "ameliorated" concordant criss-cross heart, complicated superior-inferior ventricles, complete transposition of great arteries, hypoplastic right ventricle, ventricular septal defect, and aortic coarctation is described. The patient underwent subclavian flap, pulmonary artery banding, and balloon atrioseptostomy at age 1 month. The ameliorated concordant criss-cross anatomy was obtained after 2 years of follow-up. This dynamic morphologic change allowed us to perform a subsequent anatomic correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagano Children's Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagatsu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ota
mesh_terms: D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D002404:Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003420:Crisscross Heart / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery