Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 52-54, February 2007

Use of Aortic Homograft Conduit in Bidirectional Glenn Shunt

Cardiothoracic Sciences Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Received 29 March 2006; received in revised form 10 July 2006; accepted 13 July 2006.

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.

Keywords: Univentricular heart, Aortic homograft, Superior vena vava

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00177-6

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2006.07.004

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 52-54, February 2007

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