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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1824
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Optimal Surgical Repair for Double Outlet Right Ventricle and Intact Ventricular Septum

Dario E. Troise, MD, Leonardo Ranieri, MD, Paolo M. Arciprete, MD

Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Via Lorenzo D'Agostino 1/A, Bari 70124, Italy

detroise@libero.it

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To the Editor:

We read with interest the article by Napoleone and colleagues [1] regarding successful treatment of a patient with a double outlet right ventricle (DORV), intact ventricular septum, and incompetent mitral valve. Surgical treatment included left ventricle exclusion through avulsion of the mitral valve.

In the article, a reference was made to the treatment of a similar case, which was ours [2] concerning the option we adopted to achieve left ventricular exclusion by patching the mitral valve remnants, judging our choice as suboptimal due to the risks of ventricular dysfunction . . . [Full Text of this Article]






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