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Hybrid procedure, an alternate approach to the first-stage Norwood operation. The hybrid procedure consists of surgically applying branch pulmonary artery bands and catheter-based application of a stent in the arterial duct. A balloon atrioseptostomy or insertion of an atrioseptal stent is also accomplished. Barron DJ, Kilby MD, Davies B, Wright JGC, Jones TJ, Brawn WJ. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Lancet 2009;374:551-64. Used with permission of the publisher.
