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Innominate vein reconstruction in patients with bilateral superior vena cava undergoing bilateral bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis

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A 4.5-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, bilateral superior vena cava veins with absent innominate vein, and hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery required a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis.… Click to show full abstract

A 4.5-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, pulmonary stenosis, bilateral superior vena cava veins with absent innominate vein, and hypoplasia of the left pulmonary artery required a bidirectional superior cavopulmonary anastomosis. An innominate vein was fashioned out of a 6 mm polytetrafluoroethylene graft. The technique is briefly discussed.

Keywords: bilateral superior; superior vena; vena cava; innominate; innominate vein

Journal Title: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Year Published: 2023

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