The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 94, 310-311, Copyright © 1987 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association
Pericardial patch enlargement of Blalock-Hanlon atrial septectomy
Z Ziskind, A Smolinsky and DA Goor
A modified Blalock-Hanlon operation is described, in which both the right
and left atriotomies were bridged by a generous pericardial patch. This
patch significantly enlarged the interatrial communication and markedly
increased arterial blood saturation.