Temporary bronchial stenting for airway compression in the interstage palliation of functional single ventricle

• Main Authors: Jason Hawes Barnes (Author), Richard Paul Boesch (Author), Karthik Balakrishnan (Author), Sameh M Said (Author), Charlotte S Van Dorn (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The Norwood procedure is the first of three palliative surgical procedures offered for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Due to the small size of the thorax and proximity of airway and vascular structures, compression of the airway is possible following the Norwood procedure. We describe the m...