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Rudimentary right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt in the Norwood procedure

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We describe here successful palliative repair of tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle, transposition of the great arteries, and hypoplastic aortic arch in a neonate. The repair consisted of the Norwood procedure with a rudimentary right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt, which was located on the right side of a neo-aorta. This procedure could be a useful adjunct to avoid left ventriculotomy and its subsequent dysfunction.

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  1. Division of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Children’s Medical Center Tochigi, Jichi Medical University, 3311-1 Yakushiji, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan

    Atsushi Tateishi & Masaaki Kawada

  2. Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

    Hideki Morita

  3. Pediatric Operating Suite and Intensive Care Unit, Jichi Children’s Medical Center Tochigi, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

    Mamoru Takeuchi, Naoyuki Taga, Yoji Otsuka, Osamu Okada & Koichi Kataoka

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Tateishi, A., Kawada, M., Morita, H. et al. Rudimentary right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt in the Norwood procedure. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 58, 633–635 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0586-y

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