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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 47, 464-465, Copyright © 1989 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt using the internal mammary artery

MT Longaker, S Merrick, TM Crombleholme, JC Langer, ED Verrier and K Turley
Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143.

Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts may be useful for palliation of cyanotic congenital heart disease. We report the case of a 5-year-old boy in whom the internal mammary artery was used to create a systemic- to-pulmonary artery shunt after failure of a previous Blalock-Taussig shunt. This technique may have distinct advantages in selected cases and should be considered as an alternative during investigation of the older child who requires a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt.

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