An alternative method to fenestrate the extracardiac fontan conduit in a patient with atrial situs inversus and levocardia.
This report describes the technique to fenestrate the extracardiac Fontan conduit without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with levocardia and atrial situs inversus.
Tak
Vinay M
VM
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA.
Al-Jureidini
Saadeh
S
Balfour
Ian
I
Hohenberg
Mary
M
Kountzman
Barbara
B
Fiore
Andrew C
AC
D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007979:Levocardia / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male