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  • Title: Bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt using the azygos vein.
    Author: Ko Y, Nakamura Y, Nomura K, Yamashiro F.
    Journal: Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg; 2005 Apr; 53(4):213-6. PubMed ID: 15875558.
    Abstract:
    A case is described in which a two-year-old boy, diagnosed with common atrioventricular canal, pulmonary atresia, major aortopulmonary collateral artery, asplenia, and situs inversus, underwent palliative operations for the following: unifocalization of the right major aortopulmonary collateral artery, right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery shunt, and pulmonary artery plasty. Upon completion of the bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt operation, we addressed the stenotic lesions of the superior vena cava and left pulmonary artery, and a markedly expanded azygos vein. During this operation, the superior vena cava was divided and we performed cavopulmonary shunting with the azygos vein.
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