Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Sep 2014
Case ReportsSuccessful Bentall procedure in a patient with a Fontan circulation.
A 33-year old male patient with absent left atrioventricular connection and double outlet left ventricle developed severe aortic root dilatation and aortic regurgitation. He had undergone initial banding of the pulmonary trunk and atrial septectomy, eventually followed by the bidirectional Glenn procedure. ⋯ Subsequently, the aortic root below the wrapped ascending aorta showed further dilatation. The Bentall procedure was successfully carried out.