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Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1985; 33(1): 51-52
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014084
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014084
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Internal Mammary Artery as a Palliative Systemic-pulmonary Shunt in Order to Develop Diminutive Pulmonary Arteries
Further Information
Publication History
1984
Publication Date:
07 May 2008 (online)
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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