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Systemic artery-to-pulmonary artery shunts are palliative surgical procedures performed to increase the blood flow to the lungs for the relief of cyanosis and to enlarge the pulmonary arteries. Palliative procedures improve oxygen saturation, but they also can result in volume loading of the systemic ventricle and possible pulmonary hypertension.
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Mazur, W., Siegel, M.J., Miszalski-Jamka, T., Pelberg, R. (2013). Aortopulmonary Shunts: Blalock–Taussig, Potts, Waterston. In: CT Atlas of Adult Congenital Heart Disease. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5088-6_22
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