title: Adjustable aorto-pulmonary shunt to prevent temporary pulmonary over-circulation.
abstract: The Blalock-Taussig shunt can produce a temporary pulmonary over-circulation and can be downsized with a metallic clip. This hemodynamic situation can be reversible leading to desaturation. We describe a very simple method to resize temporarily the shunt with a removable metallic clip.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna Medical School, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy. pax@med.unibo.it
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pace Napoleone
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oppido
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Angeli
authors.forename: Gaetano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D013525:Surgical Instruments