Use of Aortic Homograft Conduit in Bidirectional Glenn Shunt

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Feb 2007 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:Heart, Lung and Circulation, volume 16, pages 52-54 (issn: 1443-9506,

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Authors: Budhaditya, Chakraborty; Sachin, Talwar; Shiv Kumar, Choudhary; Shyam Sunder, Kothari; Balram, Airan;

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.004

pmid: 17188571

Use of Aortic Homograft Conduit in Bidirectional Glenn Shunt

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Abstract

We present our experience with a patient in whom a homograft conduit was used to connect the superior vena cava (SVC) to the right pulmonary artery (RPA) in a functionally univentricular heart where corrective repair was impossible.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences
India

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Heart Defects, Congenital, Male, Vena Cava, Superior, Adolescent, Angiography, Aorta, Thoracic, Pulmonary Artery, Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical, Humans, Transplantation, Homologous, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Follow-Up Studies

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