Right ventricular failure from severe pulmonary hypertension after surgery for shone complex: back to fetal physiology with reducting, atrioseptectomy, and bilateral pulmonary arterial banding

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Nov;148(5):e226-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.042. Epub 2014 Jul 31.

Authors

Heiner Latus¹, Can Yerebakan¹, Dietmar Schranz², Hakan Akintuerk¹

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric Heart Center Giessen, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
² Pediatric Heart Center Giessen, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. Electronic address: dietmar.schranz@paediat.med.uni-giessen.de.

PMID: 25173115
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.07.042

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery*
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Palliative Care
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Reoperation
Severity of Illness Index
Treatment Outcome
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*
Ventricular Function, Right*