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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 98, 214-216, Copyright © 1989 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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Creation of brachial artery-basilic vein fistula. A supplement to the cavopulmonary shunt

IM Mitchell, DW Goh and LD Abrams
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Birmingham Childrens' Hospital, Ladywood, Birmingham, England.

Since 1984 five patients who had previously had cavopulmonary shunts for cyanotic congenital heart disease have returned to the Birmingham Childrens' Hospital with increasing breathlessness and cyanosis. Two had had a classic Glenn (unidirectional) cavopulmonary shunt and three, a bidirectional shunt; all shunts had been performed 5 to 18 years earlier. Each patient was reinvestigated and underwent creation of a brachial artery-basilic vein fistula. This procedure is known to have good patency rates when used in other situations (for example, for hemodialysis), but it has not been previously described for use in this context. Of the five patients, four had a considerable and sustained symptomatic improvement on follow-up of 12 to 49 months (mean 31 months), but the condition of one continued to deteriorate; that child has subsequently undergone a Fontan procedure, also with no improvement. Only one patient complained of coldness of the arm, and there were no other complications. We believe a brachial artery-basilic vein fistula has considerable advantages in terms of ease of operation and postoperative complications when compared with an axillary arteriovenous fistula, used as a supplement to an inadequate cavopulmonary shunt.

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