TY - JOUR
T1 - Potts anastomosis for children with idiopathic pulmonary hypertension
AU - Labombarda, Fabien
AU - Maragnes, Pascale
AU - Dupont-Chauvet, Peggy
AU - Serraf, Alain
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - Mortality in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is high, emphasizing the need for novel therapeutic approaches. A surgical approach consisting in the creation of anastomosis between descending aorta and left pulmonary artery, the Potts shunt, has been proposed to decompress right ventricle. We reported two cases of severe idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in children with right heart failure refractory to medical treatment who benefited of Potts shunt.
AB - Mortality in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is high, emphasizing the need for novel therapeutic approaches. A surgical approach consisting in the creation of anastomosis between descending aorta and left pulmonary artery, the Potts shunt, has been proposed to decompress right ventricle. We reported two cases of severe idiopathic pulmonary hypertension in children with right heart failure refractory to medical treatment who benefited of Potts shunt.
KW - Pulmonary hypertension
KW - Shunt
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=76549090228&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s00246-009-9485-3
DO - 10.1007/s00246-009-9485-3
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C2 - 19636488
AN - SCOPUS:76549090228
SN - 0172-0643
VL - 30
SP - 1143
EP - 1145
JO - Pediatric Cardiology
JF - Pediatric Cardiology
IS - 8
ER -