title: Fenestration between the left atrial appendage and left superior vena cava in Kawashima operation.
abstract: The benefits of a baffle fenestration in essentially high-risk Fontan patients have been demonstrated. Described here is the use of a new fenestration between the left atrial appendage and the left superior vena cava after Kawashima operation in a patient with a double-outlet right ventricle with hypoplastic left ventricle, left atrial isomerism, bilateral superior vena cavae with no bridging vein, an interrupted inferior vena cava, and continuation of the hemiazygos vein to the left superior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Baskent University, Istanbul Teaching and Medical Research Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turkoz
authors.forename: Oğuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Omay
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ayabakan
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vuran
authors.forename: Kurşat
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tokel
authors.forename: Ilhan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Günay
authors.forename: Sait
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aşlamaci
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010166:Palliative Care; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*