Exceptional survival: double inlet left ventricle with pulmonary artery banding

Congenit Heart Dis. 2009 May-Jun;4(3):178-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00219.x.

Abstract

This is a case of a patient with a univentricular heart and transposition of the great arteries who was treated with a pulmonary artery banding as a child. We describe his clinical course and crucial factors associated with his prolonged survival.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / physiopathology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
  • Exercise Test
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Palliative Care
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Time Factors
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / diagnosis
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / physiopathology
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*
  • Treatment Outcome