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Palliative Operations References

Selected Articles

Jahangiri M, Lincoln C, Shinebourne EA. Does the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt cause growth of the contralateral pulmonary artery? Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 May;67(5):1397-9.

Godart F, Qureshi SA, Simha A, Deverall PB, Anderson DR, Baker EJ, Tynan M. Effects of modified and classic Blalock-Taussig shunts on the pulmonary arterial tree. Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Aug;66(2):512-7; discussion 518.

Gladman G, McCrindle BW, Williams WG, Freedom RM, Benson LN. The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: clinical impact and morbidity in Fallot's tetralogy in the current era. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1997 Jul;114(1):25-30.

Odim J, Portzky M, Zurakowski D, Wernovsky G, Burke RP, Mayer JE Jr, Castaneda AR, Jonas RA. Sternotomy approach for the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Circulation 1995 Nov 1;92(9 Suppl):II256-61.

Mahajan A, Shabanie A, Laks H. Interatrial septostomy under transesophageal echocardiography guidance: a novel approach. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Apr;123(4):824-6.

Komai H, Naito Y, Fujiwara K, Uemura S. The benefits of surgical atrial septostomy guided by transesophageal echocardiography in pediatric patients. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1999 Oct;118(4):758-9.

Murthy KS, Coelho R, Naik SK, Punnoose A, Thomas W, Cherian KM. Novel techniques of bidirectional Glenn shunt without cardiopulmonary bypass. Ann Thorac Surg. 1999 Jun;67(6):1771-4.

McElhinney DB, Marianeschi SM, Reddy VM. Additional pulmonary blood flow with the bidirectional Glenn anastomosis: does it make a difference? Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Aug;66(2):668-72.

Kostelka M, Hucin B, Tlaskal T, Chaloupecky V, Reich O, Janousek J, Marek J, Skovranek J. Bidirectional Glenn followed by total cavopulmonary connection or primary total cavopulmonary connection? Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1997 Aug;12(2):177-83.

Pinho P, Von Oppell UO, Brink J, Hewitson J. Pulmonary artery banding: adequacy and long-term outcome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 1997 Jan;11(1):105-11.

Horowitz MD, Culpepper WS 3d, Williams LC3d, Sundgaard-Riise K, Ochsner JL. Pulmonary artery banding: analysis of a 25-year experience. Ann Thorac Surg 1989 48(3):444-50.

Ullom RL, Sade RM, Crawford FA Jr, Ross BA, Spinale F. The Blalock-Taussig shunt in infants: standard vs. modified. Ann Thorac Surg 1987 44(5):539-43.

Arciniegas E, Farooki ZQ, Hakimi M, Perry BL, Green EW. Classic shunting operations for congenital cyanotic heart disease. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1982 84(1):88-96.

Park SC, Neches WH, Mullins CE, Girod DA, Olley PM, Falkowski G, Garibjan VA, Mathews RA, Fricker FJ, Beerman LB, Lenox CC, Zuberbuhler JR. Blade atrial septostomy: collaborative study. Circulation 1982 66(2):258-66.


Sources for further reading

Textbook Chapters
Chapter 63: Palliative Procedures in Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease and chapter 64: Pulmonary Artery Banding. Glenn's Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (Baue, Geha, Hammond, Laks, and Naunheim), 6th ed., 1073-1094.

Chapter 8: Palliative Operations. Pediatric Cardiac Surgery (Mavroudis and Backer), 2nd ed., 104-114.


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