Use of aortic homograft conduit in bidirectional Glenn shunt.
We present our experience with a patient in whom a homograft conduit was used to connect the superior vena cava (SVC) to the right pulmonary artery (RPA) in a functionally univentricular heart where corrective repair was impossible.
Chakraborty
Budhaditya
B
Cardiothoracic Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Talwar
Sachin
S
Choudhary
Shiv Kumar
SK
Kothari
Shyam Sunder
SS
Airan
Balram
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000637:transplantation*; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*