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Case Reports
. 2015 Feb;48(1):52-4.
doi: 10.5090/kjtcs.2015.48.1.52. Epub 2015 Feb 5.

Potts shunt in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension

Sue Hyun Kim  1 , Woo-Sung Jang  1 , Hong-Gook Lim  1 , Yong-Jin Kim  2
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Potts shunt in patients with primary pulmonary hypertension

Sue Hyun Kim et al. Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2015 Feb.

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension eventually leads to right-sided heart failure and sudden death. Its mortality rate in children is still high, despite improvements in pharmacological therapy, and therefore novel treatments are necessary. The Potts shunt, which creates an anastomosis between the left pulmonary artery and the descending aorta, has been proposed as a theoretically promising palliative surgical technique to decompress the right ventricle. We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with suprasystemic idiopathic pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure who underwent a Potts shunt for palliation with good short-term results.

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension; Shunts.

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Schematic view of the Potts shunt procedure.
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Echocardiographic view of the Potts shunt.
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