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Patient Selection Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital anomaly that is one of the most common causes of myocardial ischemia and infarction in children. If...
Brom’s three-patch aortoplasty is indicated for the repair of supravalvar aortic stenosis, which can occur as an isolated defect or as a part of Williams syndrom. This syndrome is characterized...
Introduction The first description of a direct communication between the left ventricle and the right atrium was reported by Buhl in 1857 [1]. The first successful closure of such a...
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs, in a follow-up article to their Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis review, have now provided us with an outstanding summary of the current approaches to the “modified” Fontan...
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs have given us a beautiful series of drawings illustrating the technique for these two Stage II operations for patients with a single ventricle. It is very...