[Double outlet right ventricle and pulmonary atresia with a birth weight of 1092 g].
A premature infant with double outlet right ventricle and pulmonary atresia with a birth weight of 1092 g is reported. He underwent right modified Blalock-Taussig (RMBT) shunt with an expand-polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) tube of 3.0 mm in diameter between the right subclavian artery and the right pulmonary artery through right thoracotomy. Eleven days later, he had to undergo central shunt between the innominate artery and the main pulmonary trunk due to poor pulmonary blood flow. Soon after the central shunt, severe heart failure occurred due to excessive pulmonary blood flow. RMBT division was performed immediately. He finally attained definitive repair at 17 months of age. Postoperative course was uneventful and he was discharged on the 17th postoperative day.
Murata
Akira
A
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan.
Hoshino
S
S
Yusa
H
H
Saito
N
N
Nishiya
Y
Y
Hatasaki
K
K
D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene