title: Midterm result of a case after Starnes operation.
abstract: We describe the midterm result after Starnes operation for a severely symptomatic neonate with Ebstein's anomaly by reviewing the reported cases. A 4-day-old baby with "wall to wall heart" underwent Starnes operation. The tricuspid valve was closed without fenestration and the coronary sinus was drained into the right ventricle. Consequently, she underwent bidirectional Glenn shunt and Fontan operation at 6 and 23 months, respectively, and is now attending kindergarten without limitation. The follow-up study at 5 years revealed normally sized left ventricle with good function and the small right ventricle in the absence of thrombus formation with systolic forward flow.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: Iki
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kagisaki
authors.forename: Shigetoyo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kogaki
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004437:Ebstein Anomaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal