title: Hypoplastic left heart syndrome in situs inversus totalis.
abstract: A very rare case of a newborn with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and situs inversus totalis is herein reported. Successful surgical treatment of this cardiac malformation was accomplished at our institution and consisted of: modified Norwood stage I procedure, with direct anastomosis of the transected main pulmonary artery to the aortic arch, without any prosthetic material interposition and right ventricle to pulmonary artery polytetrafluoroethylene shunt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti, n.9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. guidooppido@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oppido
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pace Napoleone
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martano
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*