Abstract
The presence of a left superior vena cava in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome complicates the technical performance of orthotopic cardiac transplantation. In this report we describe a modification of the recipient cardiectomy to maintain patency of the left superior vena cava, leaving the recipient coronary sinus as a conduit for it into the right atrium and avoiding complex venous reconstructions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 779-781 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 1993 |