An alternative method to fenestrate the extracardiac fontan conduit in a patient with atrial situs inversus and levocardia

Vinay M Tak; Saadeh Al-Jureidini; Ian Balfour; Mary Hohenberg; Barbara Kountzman; Andrew C Fiore

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.010

An alternative method to fenestrate the extracardiac fontan conduit in a patient with atrial situs inversus and levocardia

Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Feb;81(2):746-8. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.010.

Authors

Vinay M Tak¹, Saadeh Al-Jureidini, Ian Balfour, Mary Hohenberg, Barbara Kountzman, Andrew C Fiore

Affiliation

¹ Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA.

PMID: 16427897
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.010

Abstract

This report describes the technique to fenestrate the extracardiac Fontan conduit without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with levocardia and atrial situs inversus.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Child, Preschool
Fontan Procedure
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / surgery
Humans
Levocardia / surgery*
Male