Journal article

Publication year: 2017

Pages: E71-E73

Journal: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volume number: 104

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 0003-4975

eISSN: 1552-6259

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.065

Publisher: Elsevier

Abstract: 
Through a series of complex surgical and interventional procedures including downsizing of an unrestricted atrial septal defect, aortic arch reconstruction, pulmonary artery banding, reversed Potts shunt, and Melody valve in a mitral position, biventricular conversion was successfully achieved in a patient with a distinct borderline left ventricle. By use of these interventional steps, flow-mediated and load-mediated growth of a small left ventricle was observed, highlighting the plasticity of hearts in growing children. Surgical and catheter interventional teamwork may lead to fascinating results, provoking us to quote Aristotle's wisdom: "The whole is more than the sum of its parts." (C) 2017 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Harvard Citation style: Rupp, S., Thul, J., Gummel, K., Khalil, M., Akintuerk, H. and Schranz, D. (2017) Surgical-Interventional Hybrid Concept in a Newborn With Borderline Left Heart, The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 104(1), pp. E71-E73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.065

APA Citation style: Rupp, S., Thul, J., Gummel, K., Khalil, M., Akintuerk, H., & Schranz, D. (2017). Surgical-Interventional Hybrid Concept in a Newborn With Borderline Left Heart. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 104(1), E71-E73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2017.01.065