A study on pulmonary blood distribution in patients undergoing extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

Objective: To study blood distribution in extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection (ETCPC). Methods: To combine a bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis with a Gore-Tex extracardiac conduit interposition between the inferior vena cava and the main pulmonary artery, and to evaluate the changes of pulmonary blood distribution with SPECT in all surviving patients. Results: The cournts of pulmonary radionuclide was (313.7?40.1)?10 3 increased significantly after surgery (t=2.23, P