Alternative Fontan connection for apicocaval juxtaposition.
We present an alternative technique to the modified Fontan procedure used in a 3-year-old boy who had complex heart defects with bilateral superior vena cava and apicocaval juxtaposition. The left superior vena caval pathway was used behind the ventricle to connect the inferior vena cava to the pulmonary artery. We proved the technical feasibility of this with good midterm results at the 5-year follow-up angiography.
Lim
Hong Gook
HG
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Kim
Woong-Han
WH
Oh
Sam-Se
SS
Lim
Cheong
C
Kim
Soo-Jin
SJ
Lee
Young Tak
YT
Kim
Soo-Cheol
SC
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*