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Staged fetal valvuloplasty, postnatal hybrid stage I palliation, and Ross-Konno procedure with endocardial fibroelastosis resection successfully achieved biventricular circulation at 1 year of age.
Case Report (n=1)
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Demonstrates the feasibility of staged left-ventricular rehabilitation and conversion to biventricular circulation in an infant with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Supports feasibility of staged biventricular conversion in evolving HLHS; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
We report a patient who presented during fetal life with severe aortic stenosis, left-ventricular dysfunction, and endocardial fibroelastosis (evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome). Management involved in utero and postnatal balloon aortic valvuloplasty for partial relief of obstruction and early postnatal hybrid stage I palliation until recovery of left-ventricular systolic function had occurred. The infant subsequently had successful conversion to a biventricular circulation by combining resection of endocardial fibroelastosis with single-stage Ross-Konno, aortic arch reconstruction, hybrid takedown, and pulmonary artery reconstruction.
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Moon‐Grady et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Severe aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (n=1). Staged left-ventricular rehabilitation (fetal valvuloplasty, hybrid stage I palliation, Ross-Konno, EFE resection) was evaluated on Conversion to biventricular circulation. Staged fetal valvuloplasty, postnatal hybrid stage I palliation, and Ross-Konno procedure with endocardial fibroelastosis resection successfully achieved biventricular circulation at 1 year of age.
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