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Formation of thrombus in a native aortic sinus of Valsalva after palliation of hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2007

Joydeep Mookerjee ,
Eric Rosenthal  and
John M. Simpson
Joydeep Mookerjee
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Eric Rosenthal
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
John M. Simpson
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Abstract

An eight-month-old girl with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, who underwent a modified Norwood operation at the age of two days, and a Hemifontan operation at five months of age, had severely impaired ventricular function and new electrocardiographic changes. Coronary angiography demonstrated a small adherent thrombus in the non-coronary sinus of Valsalva of the native aortic root, which may be the cause of unexplained ventricular dysfunction.

Keywords

Norwood operationventricular dysfunctioncoronary angiographyHemifontan operation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 330 - 332
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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