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Double outlet left atrium: successful management of a rare entity

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Double-outlet left atrium is an extremely rare congenital ventriculo-atrial mal-alignment anomaly, wherein, the left atrium drains into both ventricles, through either a common atrioventricular valve or two separate atrioventricular valves. The only egress from the right atrium is through an inter-atrial communication. We present a 16-month-old male, diagnosed to have double outlet left atrium and describe its surgical management.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Medicity, Asarwa, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 3800016, India

    Ruchit Patel, Ashish Katewa, Maruti Haranal & Shivang Saxena

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Pavan Patel

  3. Department of Cardiac Anaesthesiology, UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

    Kaushal Patel

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Patel, R., Katewa, A., Haranal, M. et al. Double outlet left atrium: successful management of a rare entity. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 39, 626–628 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-023-01550-3

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