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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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01-04-2019 | Case Report

Bulboventricular foramen enlargement: an alternative surgical approach

Authors: Sachin Talwar, Bharat Siddharth Chigurupati, Sukhjeet Singh, Shiv Kumar Choudhary

Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Issue 2/2019

Abstract

Bulboventricular foramen (BVF) enlargement is often required to enlarge a restrictive interventricular communication in patients with univentricular hearts (UVH) to prevent the development of systemic ventricular outflow tract obstruction (SVOTO). We describe an alternative surgical technique through the transected pulmonary artery without an atriotomy, ventriculotomy or aortotomy that was successfully performed in a patient with double inlet left ventricle (DILV) with malposed great arteries (MPGA) and a restrictive BVF.

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Title: Bulboventricular foramen enlargement: an alternative surgical approach
Authors: Sachin Talwar
Bharat Siddharth Chigurupati
Sukhjeet Singh
Shiv Kumar Choudhary
Publication date: 01-04-2019
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0970-9134
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7723
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0751-y

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