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All patients were delivered by planned caesarean section. Foetal hydrops was present in 4 patients. At birth, chest radiographs showed cardiothoracic ratios ranging from 90% to 100%, and echocardiography demonstrated severe pulmonary and tricuspid regurgitation in all cases. Surgical strategies\u2014including main pulmonary artery ligation and the modified Starnes procedure\u2014were evaluated based on perioperative clinical course, incorporating chest X-rays, echocardiograms, laboratory data, and urine output. The median follow-up after the modified Starnes procedure was 3.46 years (interquartile range, 2.9 years).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All patients underwent surgical intervention on the day of birth: main pulmonary artery ligation in 7 and a modified Starnes procedure in 6. Of those who initially underwent ligation, 4 patients required conversion to the modified Starnes procedure on postoperative day 1, 2 patients on day 3, and 1 patient on day 6. One patient died of infection after the Glenn procedure. Of the remaining 12 patients, 7 completed Fontan circulation, and 5 were awaiting the Fontan. The 5-year postoperative survival rate was 92.3%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Surgical outcomes for severe Ebstein\u2019s anomaly with a circular shunt were excellent. However, the main pulmonary artery ligation as an initial palliation did not stabilize haemodynamics. Early implementation of the modified Starnes procedure appears critical to overcoming the haemodynamically unstable period immediately after birth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ejcts\/ezaf458","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,24]],"date-time":"2025-12-24T12:54:21Z","timestamp":1766580861000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Surgical Strategy and Outcomes in Prenatally Diagnosed Neonates With Ebstein\u2019s Anomaly and Circular Shunt"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"68","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3316-256X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Takeaki","family":"Harada","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Fukuoka Children\u2019s Hospital , Fukuoka,","place":["Japan"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Haruhiro","family":"Nagase","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 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