Combined endocardiectomy and bidirectional glenn shunt for right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.

Abstract	We report the case of a young African woman with a history of right ventricular failure. Image studies suggested endomyocardial fibrosis affecting only the right side of the heart. The right ventricle was extremely small and restricted. The surgical approach entailed endocardectomy and a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt to improve weaning off bypass and postoperative recovery, both of which were successfully achieved.
Authors	Angeles Heredero, Maribel Garcia-Vega, Marta Tomas, Marta Cremades, Pilar Calderon, Apostolos Paul Karagounis, Gonzalo Aldamiz-Echevarria
Journal	The Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 93 Issue 1 Pg. 310-2 (Jan 2012) ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID	22186457 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Copyright	Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Topics	Cardiac Surgical Procedures (methods) Diagnosis, Differential Echocardiography, Transesophageal Endomyocardial Fibrosis (complications, diagnosis, surgery) Female Follow-Up Studies Fontan Procedure (methods) Heart Ventricles (surgery) Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine Ventricular Dysfunction, Right (diagnosis, etiology, surgery) Young Adult

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