Potts Shunt in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 52-54, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-109950
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WPRO
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.
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Health context:
SDG3 - Health and Well-Being
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SDG3 - Target 3.4 Reduce premature mortality due to noncommunicable diseases
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SDG3 - Target 3.2 Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
Health problem:
Target 3.2: Reduce avoidable death in newborns and children under 5
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Cardiovascular Disease
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Other circulatory Diseases
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Other Respiratory Diseases
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Noncommunicable Diseases
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Aorta, Thoracic
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Pulmonary Artery
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Mortality
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Death, Sudden
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Heart Failure
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Heart Ventricles
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Hypertension
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Hypertension, Pulmonary
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2015
Document type:
Article