title: Construction of interposition polytetrafluoroethylene ascending aorta-pulmonary artery shunt.
abstract: The technique for constructing an ascending aorta-right pulmonary artery interposition shunt using a short segment of polytetrafluoroethylene is described. This technique has been used in 8 neonates ranging from 1 day to 11 months old. There has been 1 shunt-related death. There have been no clotted grafts or graft kinking noted. A continuous running suture placed before the graft is lowered into position facilitates exposure and suture placement. A median sternotomy or sternal transection has not been necessary.
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013536:Suture Techniques
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene