Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation

Carlo Pace Napoleone; Guido Oppido; Emanuela Angeli; Gaetano Gargiulo

doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.018

Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation

Carlo Pace Napoleone, Guido Oppido, Emanuela Angeli, Gaetano Gargiulo

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Abstract

The Blalock-Taussig shunt can produce a temporary pulmonary over-circulation and can be downsized with a metallic clip. This hemodynamic situation can be reversible leading to desaturation. We describe a very simple method to resize temporarily the shunt with a removable metallic clip.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	253-254
Number of pages	2
Journal	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.11.018
Publication status	Published - Feb 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Pulmonary circulation
Shunt anastomosis
Surgical

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Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation

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