Pulmonary Perfusion Changes Following Extracardiac Lateral Fontan and Bilateral Bidirectional Glenn Shunt in Hypoplastic Right Ventricle With Duplicated Superior Vena Cava

ABSTRACTThe incidence of congenital heart disease requiring specialized care is 2.5 to 3 per 1000 live births with a prevalence of congenital heart disease of 81.4 per 10,000 live births. Total cavopulmonary or atriopulmonary connection, used for palliation of certain types of congenital heart disea...

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2017-05, Vol.42 (5), p.377-378
Main Authors: Salas Fragomeni, Roberto Andres, Turkbey, Evrim B, Jones, Blake C, Solnes, Lilja B, Rowe, Steven P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Computed Tomography Angiography
Female
Fontan Procedure
Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Heart Ventricles - abnormalities
Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles - surgery
Humans
Vena Cava, Superior - abnormalities
Vena Cava, Superior - diagnostic imaging
Vena Cava, Superior - surgery
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Summary:ABSTRACTThe incidence of congenital heart disease requiring specialized care is 2.5 to 3 per 1000 live births with a prevalence of congenital heart disease of 81.4 per 10,000 live births. Total cavopulmonary or atriopulmonary connection, used for palliation of certain types of congenital heart disease, diverts flow from the vena cava or atrium directly into the pulmonary arteries. Altered anatomy in patients who have undergone this intervention may result in contrast and/or radiotracer localizing preferentially to a single lung leading to interpretation errors and redundant studies. Performing bilateral upper-extremity injections for this patient population may reduce such technical errors and redundant studies.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000001605