title: Total cavopulmonary connection for complex cardiac anomalies with the functional single ventricle.
abstract: From Aug. 1999 to Feb. 2001, 8 patients with complex congenital heart diseases, including 5 cases accompanied by hypoplastic left ventricle and 3 by hypoplastic right ventricle, were subjected to total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC). Eight cases underwent the operation under cardiopulmonary bypass and 7 of whom under no cardiac clamp. Seven cases received cavopulmonary anastomosis by flaring method and one case by end-side anastomosis. All the patients underwent the intracardiac tunnels to drain inferior vena cava and plus 4 mm fenestration except one. The results showed that 6 patients had postoperative oxygen saturation more than 90%, sinus rhythm, no anastomostic stoma obstruction, no flow regurgitation and CVP < 16 cmH2O. Two (25%) patients died postoperatively from high venous pressure of 18-20 cmH2O, finally from cardiac failure and anoxima. It was concluded that TCPC was an effective treatment for complex congenital cardiac diseases, especially with ventricular maldevelopment. Intracardiac tunnel plus 4 mm fenestration and flaring cavopulmonary anastomosis could prevent the postoperative complications. Larger anastomotic stoma, venous pressure less than 16 cmH2O and artery saturation more than 90% might indicate excellent TCPC procedures in our experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jinag
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery