Surgical Management of an Extracardiac Total Cavopulmonary Connection in Heterotaxy Syndrome with Isolated Hepatic Drainage.
Document type:
Journal Article; Article
Author(s):
Schreiber, C; Hörer, J; Kostolny, M; Holper, K; Eicken, A; Lange, R
Abstract:
The extracardiac modification for completion of a cavopulmonary connection has added a further option for direction of inferior vena cava and/or hepatic venous drainage to the pulmonary arteries. The authors describe a technique of isolating a hepatic vein and connecting it to the inferior caval vein in a side-by-side fashion prior to anastomosing it to the tubegraft in a patient with heterotaxy syndrome.