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Creation of a functional Potts shunt by stenting the persistent arterial duct in newborns and infants with suprasystemic pulmonary hypertension of various etiologies.
Heiner Latus
1 ,
Christian Apitz
1 ,
Axel Moysich
1 ,
Gunter Kerst
1 ,
Christian Jux
1 ,
Juergen Bauer
1 ,
Dietmar Schranz
2
May 2014
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Abstract
The surgical creation of a Potts shunt has been reported in children with suprasystemic idiopathic pulmonary artery (PA) hypertension (IPAH) refractory to any medical therapy. This surgical approach allows acute decompression of the right ventricle (RV) and thereby avoids ventricular failure. We present 4 newborns and infants with different causes of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in whom interventional stenting of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) was used to create a "functional" Potts shunt.