Surgical management of an extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection in heterotaxy syndrome with isolated hepatic drainage

Herz. 2005 Mar;30(2):141-3. doi: 10.1007/s00059-005-2664-y.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Heart Bypass, Right / instrumentation*
  • Heart Bypass, Right / methods*
  • Hepatic Veins / abnormalities*
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Syndrome
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*