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Norwood procedure
Nor·wood pro·ce·dure (nōr'wud), a complex procedure designed to treat aortic atresia with hypoplastic left heart syndrome; sometimes performed in two stages.Norwood procedure (nor′wood″) [W.I. Norwood, Jr., contemporary U.S. surgeon] Surgical correction of congenital underdevelopment of the left ventricle and the ascending aorta. The procedure is performed in three stages. An alternative to this procedure for children with severe hypoplasia of the left side of the heart is heart transplantation. |