Only hepatic venous blood closes intrapulmonary shunts after cavopulmonary connection

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Mar 15;172(2):477-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.316. Epub 2014 Jan 21.

Authors

Alexander Praus¹, Ullrich Fakler², Gunter Balling², Christian Schreiber³, Peter Ewert², John Hess²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease.
³ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany.

PMID: 24485619
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.12.316

No abstract available

Keywords: Fontan; Intrapulmonary shunts; Liver factor; TCPC.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Blood Flow Velocity
Child
Female
Fontan Procedure
Heart Bypass, Right / methods*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Hepatic Veins / physiology*
Humans
Infant
Male
Prognosis
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome