Dilated right internal thoracic artery as a systemic pulmonary shunt
We report the use of a dilated right internal thoracic artery as a systemic‐pulmonary shunt in a patient with a single ventricle who developed a systemic‐pulmonary shunt stenosis following a modified Norwood's procedure. The systemic‐to‐pulmonary artery shunt was performed at 13 months of age,...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of cardiac surgery 2016-10, Vol.31 (10), p.639-641 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We report the use of a dilated right internal thoracic artery as a systemic‐pulmonary shunt in a patient with a single ventricle who developed a systemic‐pulmonary shunt stenosis following a modified Norwood's procedure. The systemic‐to‐pulmonary artery shunt was performed at 13 months of age, and the patient has stable oxygen saturations five years after the surgery. |
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ISSN: | 0886-0440 1540-8191 |
DOI: | 10.1111/jocs.12816 |