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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 76, 195-197, Copyright © 1978 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Surgery for arteriovenous fistulas and dilated vessels in the right lung after the Glenn procedure

AM Van Den Bogaert-Van Heesvelde, F Derom, M Kunnen, H Van Egmond and A Devloo- Blancquaert

A superior vena cava-right pulmonary artery (SVC-RPA) anastomosis was constructed in a 2-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot. Ten years later and 5 years after "corrective" surgery without removal of the shunt, cyanosis and heart failure developed. Stereocineangiography and lung scanning revealed arteriovenous fistulas and dilated vessels in the right lung. The SVC-RPA anastomosis was taken down, the SVC being reimplanted in the right atrium and the RPA end being closed with a few stitches. Neither lobectomy nor pneumonectomy was performed. Immediately after the operation and during a follow-up period of almost 2 years, the boy has remained asymptomatic. Whenever a correction is planned in a patient with SVC-RPA anastomosis, the vessels of the right lung should be examined by scanning and angiography. If important arteriovenous fistulas do exist, the affected lung should be excluded from the pulmonary artery circulation.