Biventricular Conversion of Borderline Hypoplastic Left Heart Complex Facilitated by Spontaneous Closure of the Atrial Septum. Issue 5 (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhu, Alexander; Prabhu, Neel K.; Tatum, Gregory H.; Turek, Joseph W.; Andersen, Nicholas D.
• Is Part Of: World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery. Volume 13:Issue 5(2022)
• Page Start: 676
• Page End: 678
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: Pediatric cardiology -- Periodicals; Congenital heart disease in children -- Periodicals; Heart -- Abnormalities -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Heart Defects, Congenital -- surgery -- Periodicals; Cardiac Surgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Child -- Periodicals; Adult -- Periodicals; 618.9212
• DOI: 10.1177/21501351221076043
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2150-1351

Abstract

We present the case of a child with borderline hypoplastic left heart complex who initially received Norwood and Glenn operations without atrial septectomy and was later converted to a biventricular circulation after progressive growth of the left ventricle as assessed by serial echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.