title: Intraatrial baffle repair of anomalous systemic venous return without hepatic venous drainage in heterotaxy syndrome.
abstract: A 7-month-old boy with heterotaxy syndrome had partial atrioventricular septal defect and interrupted inferior vena cava with hemiazygos continuation to a left superior vena cava. The left side of the common atrium receiving all the venous drainage was in connection with the left ventricle and the aorta. The small atrium and the proximity of the pulmonary and hepatic vein orifices precluded complete baffling. This report describes an intraatrial baffle repair of anomalous systemic venous return without hepatic venous drainage. This resulted in good oxygenation postoperatively, with oxygen saturation ranging from 93% to 98%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Istanbul Teaching and Medical Research Center, Baskent University, Istanbul, Turkey. rturkoz@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Riza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Turkoz
authors.forename: Canan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ayabakan
authors.forename: Can
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vuran
authors.forename: Oğuz
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Omay
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006343:Heart Septal Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery*