title: Is the shunt patent?
abstract: A novel technique for auscultating an aortopulmonary shunt murmur utilizing the principle of conduction of sounds through a closed air system is described.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Schutz
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kinsley
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001314:Auscultation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery