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When should pulmonary artery angioplasty be performed for fontan candidates with pulmonary coarctation?

Two cases of pulmonary artery angioplasty with the blalock-taussig shunt on pump in neonates

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We performed concomitant pulmonary artery angioplasty and the Blalock-Taussig shunt under median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass at the neonatal stage in Fontan candidates with pulmonary coarctation to obtain optimum pulmonary circulation. This surgical strategy realized appropriate early growth of the pulmonary artery necessary for the Fontan operation.

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, 2-12-12 Sumiyoshi, Hamamatsu, 430-8558, Shizuoka, Japan

    Nobuyuki Ishibashi MD, Masaaki Koide MD & Shunji Uchita MD

  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

    Masashi Seguchi MD

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Ishibashi, N., Koide, M., Uchita, S. et al. When should pulmonary artery angioplasty be performed for fontan candidates with pulmonary coarctation?. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 52, 185–188 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-004-0104-1

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