Hybrid stage I palliation for hypo-plastic left heart condition without a hybrid suite: Suggestions for developing nations

Abstract

Cardiac hybrid procedures are performed in modern, spacious, and highly equipped hybrid suites in developed countries. Organizing such expensive suites in countries with an emerging economy is difficult from both a financial and logistics point of view. We share our experience of safely performing a Hybrid stage I palliation procedure for Aortic atresia with ventricular septal defect on a 2-month-old infant weighing 3.35 kg using minimal resources in a conventional catheterization laboratory.

Keywords

• Hybrid palliation
• Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
• Hybrid suite
• Ductal stenting
• Retrograde aortic orifice