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the clinical impact of antegrade pulmonary blood flow on the bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt in infants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2005

lucia migliazza ,
francesco seddio ,
francesco paolo annecchino  and
giancarlo crupi
lucia migliazza
Affiliation:
department of cardiovascular surgery, ospedali riuniti di bergamo, bergamo, italy
francesco seddio
Affiliation:
department of cardiovascular surgery, ospedali riuniti di bergamo, bergamo, italy
francesco paolo annecchino
Affiliation:
department of cardiovascular surgery, ospedali riuniti di bergamo, bergamo, italy
giancarlo crupi
Affiliation:
department of cardiovascular surgery, ospedali riuniti di bergamo, bergamo, italy
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Abstract

the bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis is commonly used in the palliation of patients with a functionally univentricular physiology. the management of alternative sources of flow of blood to the lungs, as well as the magnitude of acceptable accessory blood flow at the time of surgery, nonetheless, remains controversial. these issues are particularly significant when a cavopulmonary anastomosis is performed in infants who may become candidates for a fontan procedure. indeed, a long-standing volume overload, which is invariably associated with the maintenance of accessory sources of pulmonary blood flow, may result in systemic ventricular dysfunction. these observations prompted us to review the influence of antegrade pulmonary blood flow in the management of infants undergoing a cavopulmonary anastomosis.

Keywords

cavo-pulmonary shuntinfancycongenital heart defect
Type
original article
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue S3 , October 2004 , pp. 44 - 47
Copyright
2004 cambridge university press

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