title: Total cavopulmonary connection for functionally single ventricle with pulmonary atresia and abnormal arborization of pulmonary arteries--exclusion of overwhelmed area by collateral arteries from Fontan circulation.
abstract: Functionally single ventricle with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries and pulmonary atresia is very rare. Surgical indication for this combination of abnormalities is still unclear and Fontan procedure is still a crucial challenge for the patient who has this anomaly. We report a case with asplenia, functionally single ventricle, pulmonary artesian and pulmonary abnormal arborization who successfully underwent staged Fontan operation. In this case, the left upper lobe area, where the flow from a Glenn shunt was overwhelmed by the collateral arterial blood flow, was excluded from the Fontan circulation by the ligation of the left upper pulmonary arterial branch at its most proximal side at the time of fenestrated extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime Prefectural Central Hospital, Matsuyama-city, Ehime, Japan. mitsugi@aqua.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Mitsugi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Narutoshi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hibino
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Higaki