Affiliation:
1. Departments of Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
Abstract
We describe a technique of direct cannulation of the left superior vena cava in patients undergoing intracardiac repair of tetralogy of Fallot and univentricular type of repairs. The technique consists of dislocation of the heart into the right pleural cavity, thus allowing easy performance of left superior vena cava cannulation and pulmonary arterioplasty.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health,Surgery
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