Temporary aorto-pulmonary shunt for pulmonary hypertension after truncus arteriosus repair.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We describe successful management of pulmonary hypertension with a reversible aorto-pulmonary (central) shunt and inhaled nitric oxide gas after truncus arteriosus repair. A temporary central shunt may provide a lifeline in those cases refractory to pharmacologic pulmonary vasodilation as long as marginal systemic oxygenation can be maintained.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta
- Brachiocephalic Trunk
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Artery
- Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent