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Ann Thorac Surg 2006;81:746-748
© 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

An Alternative Method to Fenestrate the Extracardiac Fontan Conduit in a Patient with Atrial Situs Inversus and Levocardia

Vinay M. Tak, MD, FRCS a , b , c , Saadeh Al-Jureidini, MD a , b , c , Ian Balfour, MD a , b , c , Mary Hohenberg, PA a , b , c , Barbara Kountzman, RN a , b , c , Andrew C. Fiore, MD a , b , c , *

a Division of Pediatric Cardiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
b Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
c Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Accepted for publication December 17, 2004.

* Address correspondence to Dr Fiore, St. Louis University, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, 1465 S Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63104 (Email: fiorem2{at}slu.edu).

This report describes the technique to fenestrate the extracardiac Fontan conduit without cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with levocardia and atrial situs inversus.






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