Avoiding hypoxemia during unifocalization.
An 11-month-old child underwent unifocalization of the major aortopulmonary collateral arteries, but did not tolerate occlusion of both vessels simultaneously. Using a Y-shaped homograft tube, we translocated the vessels sequentially and avoided severe hypoxemia.
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Victorian Paediatric Cardiac Surgical Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Comas
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Kitayama
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Karl
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation