Modified Children's II operation on the beating heart allows growth potential

Boulos Asfour; Christoph Fink; Nicodème Sinzobahamvya; Jutta Wetter; Andreas E Urban; Joachim Photiadis

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.074

Modified Children's II operation on the beating heart allows growth potential

Ann Thorac Surg. 2005 Oct;80(4):e14-6. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.074.

Authors

Boulos Asfour¹, Christoph Fink, Nicodème Sinzobahamvya, Jutta Wetter, Andreas E Urban, Joachim Photiadis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatric Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, German Pediatric Heart Center, Sankt Augustin, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 16181833
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.074

Abstract

We describe a modification of the Children's II operation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome allowing growth potential to be performed without circulatory and cardiac arrest.

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / instrumentation
Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Child Development
Humans
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery*
Infant
Pulmonary Artery / surgery