Correction of a postpneumonectomy intracardiac shunt using a tissue expander.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.06.021.
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Abstract
Right-to-left interatrial shunt (RLIAS) resulting in platypnea orthodeoxia after a right pneumonectomy is an infrequent postoperative complication. Percutaneous device closure or surgical closures using cardiopulmonary bypass have been the standard interventions for RLIAS correction. We describe a technique using a tissue expander to correct a RLIAS.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Lung Neoplasms
- Pneumonectomy
- Tissue Expansion Devices