P A Thistlewaite, J L Myers, R D Siewers, J A Ettedgui
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
The Annals of thoracic surgery 1999 JanWe describe a modified technique of aortopulmonary anastomosis for palliative repair of hearts with a single left ventricle, a rudimentary right ventricle, transposition of the great vessels, and a hypoplastic aortic arch. This procedure creates an unobstructed left ventricular outflow tract and avoids the problems of spiral patch grafting and multiple patch enlargements of the ascending aorta and arch.
P A Thistlewaite, J L Myers, R D Siewers, J A Ettedgui. Technique for repair of single-ventricle hearts with transposition of the great arteries and aortic arch hypoplasia. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 1999 Jan;67(1):260-2
PMID: 10086572
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