Post-Glenn Shunt Systemic Desaturation—Is Venovenous Collateral the Culprit?

Post-Glenn Shunt Systemic Desaturation—Is Venovenous Collateral the Culprit?

After classic Glenn shunt or bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, the reappearance or deepening of cyanosis may be due to systemic venous collateral channels. There are only few case reports on this issue in the present literature. Here, we present two cases that underwent bidirectional Glenn sh...

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Main Authors: Hemanth Harish Ponnana, Jyotsna Maddury, M. Naveen Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2020-06-01
Series:Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Subjects:
venovenous collaterals
glenn shunt
pericardioprenic collaterals
intercostobronchial collaterals
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0040-1713582
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Summary:After classic Glenn shunt or bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis, the reappearance or deepening of cyanosis may be due to systemic venous collateral channels. There are only few case reports on this issue in the present literature. Here, we present two cases that underwent bidirectional Glenn shunt, who later presented with cyanosis and desaturation and both of them were found to have venovenous collaterals.
ISSN:2455-7854

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