The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 37, 337-342, Copyright © 1984 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Surgical treatment of double-outlet left ventricle in situs inversus [I,D,D]
H Akagawa, F Yoshioka, T Isomura, K Ohishi, K Hirata, H Kato and M Koga
A case of double-outlet left ventricle [I,D,D] with a subaortic ventricular
septal defect and pulmonary stenosis is reported. The diagnosis was made at
operation and was reconfirmed postoperatively by two-dimensional
echocardiography. Repair was achieved by patch closure of the ventricular
septal defect and enlargement of the functional right ventricular outflow
tract using a valved patch. The postoperative course was uneventful except
for a transient complete heart block. To our knowledge, this represents the
second instance of surgical treatment of double-outlet left ventricle
[I,D,D] reported in the literature.