Surgical management of double outlet right ventricle with intact ventricular septum.
A very rare case of double outlet right ventricle with intact ventricular septum and unrestricted pulmonary flow was successfully palliated with pulmonary banding and delayed bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis and mitral avulsion. This is the only case of pulmonary banding with mitral avulsion reported in the literature for this type of heart defect
Pace Napoleone
Carlo
C
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. pace@orsola-malpighi.med.unibo.it
Formigari
Roberto
R
Chiappini
Bruno
B
Frascaroli
Guido
G
Gargiulo
Gaetano
G
D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000601:surgery*; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery