title: Alternative Fontan connection for apicocaval juxtaposition.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hong Gook
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Woong-Han
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sam-Se
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Cheong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Soo-Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Tak
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo-Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: 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*