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  • Title: [Cavopulmonary shunts: apropos of 40 observations].
    Author: Abid F, Chaker L, Ouarda F, Msaad H, Abid A.
    Journal: Tunis Med; 1999 Oct; 77(10):503-8. PubMed ID: 10670282.
    Abstract:
    Fourty patients with univentricular heart, underwent a cavopulmonary shunt procedure. The majority have an excellent hemodynamic status with ventricular end diastolic pressure > 12 mmHg and a mean pulmonary artery pressure > 15 mmHg. However, 11 patients have ventricular dysfunction, 9 have an incompetent systemic atrio-ventricular valve and 6 have mean pulmonary artery pressure > 15 mmHg. The pulmonary arteries were of a good size in all cases with a Nakata index > 100 mm2/m2. Cavopulmonary connections are satisfactory palliative procedures in the treatment of univentricular cardiac disease.
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