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Palliative Procedures

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Palliative procedures are performed on those patients who can never be completely repaired or who cannot be repaired safely at the time of their initial presentation whether it is due to complex anatomy, small birth weight, unfavorable hemodynamics, or a combination of these factors. Current techniques and procedures are varied and reflect the rapidly advancing technological achievements of designers and operators. This chapter will review indications for palliation, surgical palliations to either augment or limit pulmonary blood flow, catheter based palliations, as well as combined surgical and catheter based (hybrid) therapies.

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Do, T.B., Scheurer, M.A., Atz, A.M. (2014). Palliative Procedures. In: Wheeler, D., Wong, H., Shanley, T. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6359-6_24

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