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
Hauptverfasser: Kaneda, Kozo, Yokoyama, Shinya, Nagato, Hisao, Nagasaka, Shigeo, Nishiwaki, Noboru, Taniguchi, Shigeki
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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.
ISSN:0886-0440
1540-8191
DOI:10.1111/jocs.12816