Long-term results of additional pulmonary blood flow with bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We evaluated additional pulmonary blood flow at the time of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt and its effects on the Fontan procedure and long-term outcome of Fontan circulation and liver function.

Methods

We included 22 patients (16 boys, 6 girls) having undergone bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt with additional pulmonary blood flow between April 2002 and January 2016. Mean age and body weight were 20 ± 13 months and 7.5 ± 6.5 kg, respectively. We retrospectively evaluated the patients' clinical data, including cardiac catheterization data, liver function, and liver fibrosis markers.

Results

All patients were alive with a New York Heart Association status of I at the long-term follow-up. Changes between pre-bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt and 101 months

SUBMITTER: Kowatari R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526092 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature