TY - JOUR
T1 - Progressive cyanosis following Kawashima operation
T2 - slow resolution after redirection of hepatic veins
AU - Larsen, Signe Holm
AU - Emmertsen, Kristian
AU - Bjerre, Jesper
AU - Hjortdal, Vibeke Elisabeth
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Progressive cyanosis often develops following Kawashima operation in patients with left atrial isomerism, interrupted inferior vena cava and hepatic veins draining to the atria. Knowledge on the timing and extend of resolution following hepatic venous redirection is sparse. A girl developed progressing cyanosis following Kawashima operation at the age of ten months. Arterial oxygen saturations at rest dropped to 60-65%. Surgical redirection of hepatic veins into the cavopulmonary circulation at the age of three years had no immediate effect. However, arterial oxygen saturations increased gradually over nine months to 90-93% and 95-100% after three years.
AB - Progressive cyanosis often develops following Kawashima operation in patients with left atrial isomerism, interrupted inferior vena cava and hepatic veins draining to the atria. Knowledge on the timing and extend of resolution following hepatic venous redirection is sparse. A girl developed progressing cyanosis following Kawashima operation at the age of ten months. Arterial oxygen saturations at rest dropped to 60-65%. Surgical redirection of hepatic veins into the cavopulmonary circulation at the age of three years had no immediate effect. However, arterial oxygen saturations increased gradually over nine months to 90-93% and 95-100% after three years.
U2 - 10.1186/1749-8090-8-67
DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-8-67
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23561447
SN - 1749-8090
VL - 8
SP - 67
JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
JF - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
ER -