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One-and-a-Half Ventricle Repair for Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Cardiology Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum, India

For reprint information contact: Soman R Krishna Manohar, MCh Tel: 91 471 252 4648 Fax: 91 471 244 6433 Email: manohar{at}sctimst.ker.nic.in Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum 695011, Kerala, India.

One-and-a-half ventricle repair, consisting of endocardiectomy with tricuspid valve replacement and bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt, was performed on a patient with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis and right ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The patient made a smooth recovery. We believe that this repair provides good palliation for a subset of patients with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis.