title: Long-term palliation after systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt using an internal mammary artery.
abstract: We report the long-term results after systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts using the internal mammary arteries in 2 patients. The systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts using the internal mammary arteries were created in 2 children. Both of them are doing well 11 years and 7 years after operation. This procedure could be a reasonable alternative to classic Blalock-Taussig shunt for patients with diminutive pulmonary arteries as it offered good long-term palliation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tachibana
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D010166:Palliative Care; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*