The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) 2024 expert consensus document: Management of neonates and infants with Ebstein anomaly.
Igor E KonstantinovPaul ChaiEmile BachaChristopher A CaldaroneJose Pedro Da SilvaLuciana Da Fonseca Da SilvaJoseph DearaniLisa HornbergerChristopher Knott-CraigPedro Del NidoMuhammad QureshiGeorge SarrisVaughn StarnesVictor TsangPublished in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2024)
Risk stratification is essential in neonates and infants with EA. Palliative comfort care may be reasonable in neonates with associated risk factors that may include prematurity, genetic syndromes, other major medical comorbidities, ventricular dysfunction, or sepsis. Neonates who are unstable with a circular shunt should have emergent interruption of the circular shunt. Neonates who are unstable are most commonly palliated with the Starnes procedure. Neonates who are stable should undergo ductal closure. Neonates who are stable with inadequate pulmonary flow may have ductal stenting or a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt. Subsequent procedures after Starnes palliation include either single-ventricle palliation or biventricular repair strategies.