Sustained total all-region (STAR) perfusion during Norwood reconstruction may improve post-operative recovery by utilizing only mild hypothermia and eliminating ischemic time in all vascular beds.
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Single ventricle and palliative procedures
July 26, 2021
We present a video case report of the course and operations for a patient with hypoplastic left heart variant and a ventricular septal defect.
June 10, 2021
This video shows the technique of modified Norwood/Sano Stage I palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome without the use of circulatory arrest.
April 15, 2021
Off pump extra-cardiac non-fenestrated Fontan in a 6-year old child with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.
September 11, 2020
This video demonstrates a posterolateral tunnel Fontan, bilateral classic Glenn centralization, and right upper pulmonary vein translocation in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
April 20, 2020
This video provides the clinical background, intraoperative technique, and postoperative result of a 16-month-old patient with Shone's complex (aortic valve, mitral valve, left ventricular, and aortic arch hypoplasia) and VSD who previously underwent a single ventricle pathway through the Glenn procedure stage, but then underwent a staged left ventricular recruitment operation to promote left ventricular growth for future consideration for biventricular conversion.
April 2, 2020
Quite refreshing well-written experimental paper leaving promises of artificial organoids.
March 16, 2020
This video demonstrates an off-pump stage III bifurcated Fontan in a 3-year-old boy with heterotaxy and dextrocardia who had a right unbalanced complete atrioventricular septal defect with pulmonary atresia and transposition of the great arteries.
February 12, 2020
This video demonstrates a posterior tunnel Fontan and Senning-type pulmonary venous baffle in a patient with complex single-ventricle anatomy.
January 27, 2020
Dr James Tweddell performs a biventricular repair in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome previously palliated with a Norwood/Sano and a bidirectional Glenn.