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Extracardiac Shunt For Nitric Oxide‐Resistant Pulmonary Hypertension
Author(s) -
Luciani Giovanni Battista,
Pessotto Renzo,
Mazzucco Alessandro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1998.tb01085.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nitric oxide , pulmonary hypertension , shunt (medical) , cardiology , refractory (planetary science) , physics , astrobiology
A bstract An interatrial extracardiac shunt was used to manage severe postoperative pulmonary hypertension, refractory to inhaled nitric oxide, in an infant undergoing repair of ventricular septal defect. The rationale, technique, and potential applications of this method are discussed.