title: Dilated right internal thoracic artery as a systemic pulmonary shunt.
abstract: We report the use of a dilated right internal thoracic artery as a systemic-pulmonary shunt in a patient with a single ventricle who developed a systemic-pulmonary shunt stenosis following a modified Norwood's procedure. The systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt was performed at 13 months of age, and the patient has stable oxygen saturations five years after the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan. kaneda_0117@yahoo.co.jp.
authors.forename: Kozo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagato
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagasaka
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Hospital, Kinki University School of Medicine, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Noboru
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nishiwaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D058327:Norwood Procedures / Q000379:methods*