An Alternative Approach for Repair of Supracardiac and Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in Neonates and Infants: Superior Approach with Caval Transection

• Published in: Journal of cardiac surgery Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 278 - 280
• Main Authors: Chen, Liang-Wan, Wu, Xi-Jie, Liao, Dong-Shan, Dai, Xiao-Fu, Wang, Qi-Min
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-2015
• Subjects: Brachiocephalic Veins; Catheters; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Scimitar Syndrome - surgery; Vascular Surgical Procedures - instrumentation; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods; Vena Cava, Superior - surgery
• ISSN: 0886-0440; 1540-8191
• DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12472

Recently, the superior approach with transaction of the superior vena cava was introduced for the repair of supracardiac anomalies in adults. We developed a bidirectional right‐angle venous cannula and placed it within the innominate vein to make the modified superior approach with the superior caval transection suitable for neonates and tiny infants. We applied this modified superior approach for the repair of infracardiac forms of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12472 (J Card Surg 2015;30:278–280)