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Right-to-left shunt through the cardiac veins after the Fontan procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Hideki Uemura ,
Toshikatsu Yagihara  and
Osamu Monta
Hideki Uemura*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Toshikatsu Yagihara
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Osamu Monta
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
*
Hideki Uemura, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cardiovascular Center, 5–7–1 Fujishirodai, Suita, Osaka 565–8565, Japan Tel 81–6–6833–5012; Fax 81–6–6872–7486; E-mail huemura@hspncvc.go.jp
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Abstract

We found right-to-left shunts through the cardiac veins postoperatively in 2 patients who had undergone the Fontan procedure. In one of the patients, channels were present through the cardiac veins independent of the coronary sinus. In the other patient, an atretic orifice for the coronary sinus, coupled with a persistent left-sided superior caval vein, complicated the postoperative course.

Keywords

Fontan procedurefenestrated Fontantotal cavopulmonary connectioncardiac veinresidual shunt
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 10 , Issue 4 , July 2000 , pp. 416 - 418
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2000

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