James Tweddell
While complete atrioventricular septal defect covers a wide spectrum of malformations and pathophysiologies, there are several phenotypic features common in all of them. The phenotypic features are the commonality of the atrioventricular junction, the atrioventricular...
The following videos are a posthumous tribute to Dr. James Tweddell to demonstrate and share his innumerable contributions to the field of congenital heart surgery. This video is part of...
As most know, Dr. James Tweddell lost his battle with cancer on July 1, 2022. This has been—without equivocation—a colossal loss for the congenital heart surgery community. In an ongoing...
The patient was a six-month-old, 7.6 kg male with an antenatal diagnosis of dexto-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA), large perimembranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) with outlet extension, a bicuspid...
This operative technique video demonstrates an anatomic repair of congenitally corrected transposition (ccTGA) with ventricular septal defect (VSD), pulmonary atresia (PS), and mild right ventricular hypoplasia in a two-year-old who...
This video demonstrates Dr. James Tweddell’s surgical strategy in a two-month-old male with diagnosis of aortic atresia, hypoplastic aortic arch, coarctation, large perimembranous VSD, mildly hypoplastic mitral valve, normal biventricular...
The advantage of the Ross procedure over bioprosthetic or mechanical valve options are the superior hemodynamics, resistance to infection, durability, and lack of thrombogenicity. External support of the thin-walled pulmonary...
The patient was a 22-year-old 72.7 kg man with a diagnosis of Loeys-Dietz syndrome with a mutation in TGRBR1 (Loeys-Dietz Type 1 variant). The patient was initially diagnosed as a...
The patient was a 23-month-old, 11.7 kg girl with an antenatal diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (mitral stenosis/aortic stenosis). Transthoracic echocardiogram demonstrated a hypoplastic, non-apex forming left ventricle with...
The patient was a 23-month-old, 8.6 kg girl with complex congenital heart disease consisting of dextro-mesocardic position, double outlet right ventricle, subaortic ventricular septal defect, pulmonary atresia, atrioventricular discordance, and...
The Batista procedure, or ventriculoplasty, was originally described by Dr Randas Batista and colleagues as a treatment for ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. There have been only a few case reports for...
The patient was a 4-day-old, 3.95 kg boy with an antenatal diagnosis of double outlet right ventricle with subpulmonary ventricular septal defect (Taussig-Bing anomaly), d-malposed great vessels (side-by-side orientation, aortic...
The first stage of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) palliation typically occurs within the first week of life. There are three competing surgical strategies for this palliation: the Norwood procedure...









