REMARKABLE GROWTH OF THE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY USED FOR SYSTEMIC-TO-PULMONARY ARTERY SHUNT IN A PATIENT WITH CYANOTIC HEART-DISEASE

Authors
SAKAI T UEDA Y OGINO H MORIOKA K
Citation
T. Sakai et al., REMARKABLE GROWTH OF THE INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY USED FOR SYSTEMIC-TO-PULMONARY ARTERY SHUNT IN A PATIENT WITH CYANOTIC HEART-DISEASE, European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery, 12(3), 1997, pp. 497-500
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10107940
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
497 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
1010-7940(1997)12:3<497:RGOTIM>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The left internal mammary artery-to-the left pulmonary artery shunt wa s created in a 16-year-old boy with single ventricle, severe pulmonary stenosis palliated by Glenn shunt at the age of two. Four years follo w-up angiogram demonstrated a significant increase of the diameter of the left internal mammary artery from 4 to 7 mm. The internal mammary artery is a good alternative conduit for a systemic-to-pulmonary arter y shunt for a cyanotic heart disease because of its growth potential. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.