Commentary: Aortopulmonary Collaterals in Hypoplastic Left heart Syndrome: Chicken or the Egg?

In this issue, Schmiel and colleagues present a retrospective, single-center study evaluating the relationship of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) subtype and shunt type at the Norwood procedure on the development of aortopulmonary collaterals (APCs).1 Aortopulmonary collaterals were determined by angiography, which was undertaken in all patients prior to stage 2 (bidirectional Glenn procedure) and prior to stage 3 (extra-cardiac Fontan procedure).
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: CONGENITAL – Commentary Source Type: research