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hypoplasia of the left ventricle and the physiology of the norwood circulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2005

daniel sidi
Affiliation:
départment de pédiatrie, pediatric cardiology unit, hospital necker enfants malades, univerité paris v, france

Abstract

in this review, i will first consider the general physiology induced by hypoplasià of the left ventricle, examining in particular its practical consequences in the fetus and the neonate. i will then explore the particularity of the physiology after the first stage of the norwood sequence of operations, comparing the two approaches of an aorta-pulmonary shunt versus a conduit placed from the right ventricle to the pulmonary arteries.

Type
original article
Copyright
2004 cambridge university press

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