Commentary: Are we any closer to understanding the influence of shunt type in the Norwood procedure?

Piber and colleagues from Munich present a single-center retrospective review of Sano right ventricle (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) shunts vs modified Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunts in the Norwood procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) and aortic atresia.1 146 neonates with HLHS who underwent the Norwood between 2001 and 2020 were compared according to shunt type. Sano was performed in 103 patients and BT shunt in 43. There were no statistically significant differences in 30 day mortality or after Stage 2.
Source: Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Tags: CONGENITAL – Commentary Source Type: research