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Simple technique to quickly access a RV-PA shunt during the second stage of the Norwood-Fontan pathway
1Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, University Childrens Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. hitendu.dave@kispi.unizh.ch
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|February 21, 2006
Abstract:
We describe a simple technique of wrapping the right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt with a PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) band during the first stage of the Norwood procedure, which helps quick and safe access to the shunt during the subsequent stage of the Fontan pathway.

