Commentary: The value of great tools and strategy.

We read with great interest the recent article by Overbey and colleagues1. Norwood operation is the only palliative procedure for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and its variants. Unfortunately, regardless of Fig. 1 the improvement of the surgical technique and strategy, patients still face considerable morbidity and mortality. It is well known that part of the mortality and morbidity is associated with prolonged periods of myocardial, and lower body ischemia, when total all-regional perfusion strategy is not applied, particularly, in patients who had associated intracardiac or extracardiac anomalies that require surgical management treatment.
Source: Operative Techniques in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Source Type: research