Innominate vein reconstruction in patients with bilateral superior vena cava undergoing bilateral bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis
A 4.5-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, bilateral superior vena cava veins with absent innominate vein, and hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery required a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. An innominate vein was fashioned out of a 6 mm polytetrafluoroet...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | A 4.5-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, bilateral superior vena cava veins with absent innominate vein, and hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery required a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. An innominate vein was fashioned out of a 6 mm polytetrafluoroethylene graft. The technique is briefly discussed. |
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| Item Description: | 0974-2069 10.4103/apc.apc_129_22 |