title: [Cavopulmonary shunts: apropos of 40 observations].
abstract: Fourty patients with univentricular heart, underwent a cavopulmonary shunt procedure. The majority have an excellent hemodynamic status with ventricular end diastolic pressure > 12 mmHg and a mean pulmonary artery pressure > 15 mmHg. However, 11 patients have ventricular dysfunction, 9 have an incompetent systemic atrio-ventricular valve and 6 have mean pulmonary artery pressure > 15 mmHg. The pulmonary arteries were of a good size in all cases with a Nakata index > 100 mm2/m2. Cavopulmonary connections are satisfactory palliative procedures in the treatment of univentricular cardiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de Cardio, Pédiatrie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abid
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chaker
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ouarda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Msaad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abid
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*