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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;48:577-578
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Late Failure of Double-Inlet Left Ventricle Septation: Treatment by Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Giovanni Stellin, MD*, Alessandro Mazzucco, MD, Uberto Bortolotti, MD, Giuseppe Faggian, MD, Ugolino Livi, MD, Annalisa Angelini, MD, Vincenzo Gallucci, MD

Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pathology, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy

Accepted for publication February 20, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Stellin, Istituto di Chirurgia Cardiovascolare, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani, 2, 35128 Padova, Italy

We report a patient in whom orthotopic heart transplantation was performed after late failure of ventricular septation for double-inlet left ventricle. This case shows that orthotopic heart transplantation represents a valid therapeutic alternative in children with previous correction of complex congenital heart defects not amenable to further intracardiac repair.




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