Takabayashi Shin, Shimpo Hideto, Yokoyama Kazuto, Kajimoto Masaki, Mitani Yoshihide
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Edobashi, Tsu, Japan.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2007 Apr;55(4):163-6. doi: 10.1007/s11748-007-0090-1.
A 3-month-old girl weighing 2160 g was diagnosed with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries, a ventricular septal defect, severe restrictive foramen ovale, hypoplasia of the morphologically right ventricle, and steno-insufficiency of the tricuspid valve. As her hemodynamic condition (which was comparable to that of the single ventricle with obstructed pulmonary venous pathway) deteriorated progressively, she underwent a palliative operation at 4 months of age. Postoperatively, she was managed with the "low resistance strategy" to achieve a stabilized state of the pulmonary circulation. Currently, 1.5 years after the operation, she is doing remarkably well.