Division of venous collateral after Glenn shunt by minimally invasive surgery

An infant with cyanotic heart disease that was palliated with a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt developed progressive cyanosis 3 months after the surgical procedure. A large hemiazygous vein was found to be decompressing the bidirectional Glenn shunt from the left innominate vein and was ligated u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2000-09, Vol.70 (3), p.973-975
Hauptverfasser:	Payne, R.Mark, Bensky, Andrew S, Hines, Michael H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Collateral Circulation Heart Bypass, Right Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery Humans Infant Male Medical sciences Palliative Care Postoperative Complications Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Surgery of the heart Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy
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Zusammenfassung:	An infant with cyanotic heart disease that was palliated with a bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt developed progressive cyanosis 3 months after the surgical procedure. A large hemiazygous vein was found to be decompressing the bidirectional Glenn shunt from the left innominate vein and was ligated using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The unusually rapid appearance of the shunt, and the excellent outcome associated with the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery procedure are discussed.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01648-9