title: Conduit from hypoplastic right ventricle to pulmonary artery in tricuspid atresia.
abstract: Tricuspid atresia with transposition of the great arteries produces single ventricle physiology. Ultimate goals of neonatal palliative operations are to provide optimum anatomic and physiologic conditions for a Fontan procedure. A modification of the Norwood procedure is reported, with an aorto-pulmonary anastomosis, utilizing the hypoplastic right ventricle as the pulmonary outflow conduit, avoiding a left ventriculotomy and preserving its function with excellent recovery. We believe this technique has not been previously published in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Division of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, United Kingdom. mmamanullah@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Muhammad M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Amanullah
authors.forename: Asif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasan
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kirk
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018785:Tricuspid Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*