Norwood Procedure Performed on a Patient With Trisomy 13.

We report the case of a neonate weighing 2324 g who was born with severe congenital heart defects. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed the diagnoses of asplenia, single ventricle, aortic stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic aortic arch, and total anomalous pulmonary venous return. She was hemodynamically unstable. Palliative Norwood procedure with right ventricle-pulmonary artery conduit (RV-PA conduit) was performed at the age of 1 day to save her life. On postoperative day 7, chromosome analysis revealed trisomy 13. Echocardiography revealed good heart function; stable hemodynamic status was achieved with minimal amounts of inotropic agents. However, she developed anuria, which did not improve despite situational possible interventions, including peritoneal dialysis and co…

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