MIDTERM RESULTS OF THE ROTATION-ADVANCEMENT FLAP METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE INTO THE SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA

Since 1986, a rotation-advancement flap method has been used in 11 pat ients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the superi or vena cava. This method consists of atrial partitioning, enlargement of the superior vena cava, and protection of the sinus node, The midt erm postoperative sinus node function and hemodynamic changes were exa mined in this study, Postoperative angiograms showed normal pulmonary venous pathway and no stenosis in the superior vena cava, Cardiac rhyt hm was normal and no clinical symptoms appeared.