title: Sinus venosus defect: single-patch repair with caval enlargement.
abstract: We present a single pericardial patch repair of the sinus venosus defect with anomalously connected pulmonary veins, incorporating enlargement of the superior vena cava. In our small series to date this procedure has been carried out without morbidity or mortality. Noninvasive follow-up by echocardiography and electrocardiography, over the short term, has not detected any stenosis of the venous pathways or sinus node dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pathi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guererro
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: MacArthur
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Jamieson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pollock
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*