Krakow
May 30 - June 1, 2010.
A
problem of the ‘borderline ventricles’ in pediatric cardiology and cardiac
surgery still remains challenging both in terms of diagnostic criteria and
surgical options. Pre-operative determination whether the ventricle is adequate
to sustain the systemic or pulmonary circulation, or it may become adequate
with the available surgical approaches, can be extremely difficult in the
presence of a ‘borderline ventricle’. In each patient with such defect
the elements to be considered for the decision making process between uni- and
bi-ventricular type of repair, or for less ideal options of management, are:
morphologic and functional parameters, hemodynamic data, surgical options and
results of the particular approach. We would like to focus on all issues
related to both right and left ‘borderline ventricles’ from prenatal diagnosis
through planning of strategy and evaluating criteria, morphology and
pathophysiology to surgical options available and postoperative management in
early and late period
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