title: Technical description of the use of selective perfusion techniques during the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
abstract: Since the introduction of the Norwood procedure for surgical palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome in 1983, refinements have been made to the original procedure to improve patient outcomes while still accomplishing the original goals of the procedure. One of these refinements has been the introduction of regional selective perfusion to limit the duration of circulatory arrest times and optimize the regional flow distribution. In this paper we describe our technique for performing selective cerebral and lower body perfusion during the Norwood procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Perfusion Technology, Rush University Medical Center, College of Health Sciences, Rush University, Chicago, Illinois, 60612, USA. david_l_chabot@rush.edu
authors.forename: David Leonard
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Chabot
authors.forename: Anastasios C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Polimenakos
mesh_terms: D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D058327:Norwood Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010313:Partial Pressure; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen