Internal Mammary Artery as a Palliative Systemic-pulmonary Shunt in Order to Develop Diminutive Pulmonary Arteries

H.-H. Sievers; P. E. Lange; P. H. Heintzen; A. Bernhard

doi:10.1055/s-2007-1014084

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 33(1): 51-52
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014084

Case Report

Internal Mammary Artery as a Palliative Systemic-pulmonary Shunt in Order to Develop Diminutive Pulmonary Arteries

H. -H. Sievers, P. E. Lange, P. H. Heintzen, A. Bernhard

Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery and Pediatric Cardiology, University of Kiel, FRG

Abstract

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Summary

Diminutive pulmonary arteries remain a problem in the surgery of congenital heart disease. This is the second report of a case in which the internal mammary artery was successfully used to enlarge small pulmonary arteries by 50% within 9 months accompanied by improvement of the symptomatic state in a patient with pulmonary atresia and diminutive left pulmonary arteries.

Key words

Diminutive pulmonary arteries - Palliative systemic-pulmonary shunt - Internal mammary artery

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