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Intraoperative Device Closure of Acquired Left Ventricular‐Right Atrium Shunt in a Pediatric Patient with Pulmonary Hypertension
Author(s) -
Zhu Da,
Liu Bin,
Tang Hong
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8191.2011.01407.x
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , left atrium , complication , right atrium , pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , surgery , atrial fibrillation
  A postoperative acquired left ventri‐cular (LV) to right atrium (RA) shunt in a pediatric patient is a rare complication, which requires immediate intervention. We report a case of successful management of an acquired LV‐RA shunt using an intraoperative closure device.

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