Modified Children's II operation on the beating heart allows growth potential.
We describe a modification of the Children's II operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome allowing growth potential to be performed without circulatory and cardiac arrest.
Asfour
Boulos
B
Department of Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, German Pediatric Heart Center, Sankt Augustin, Germany. b.asfour@asklepios.com
Fink
Christoph
C
Sinzobahamvya
Nicodème
N
Wetter
Jutta
J
Urban
Andreas E
AE
Photiadis
Joachim
J
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002657:Child Development; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery