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Bidirectional Glenn Shunt For Right Ventricular Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences Technology Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala India
For reprint information contact: Soman Rema Krishna Manohar, MCh Tel: 91 471 52 4648 Fax: 91 471 44 6433 email: manohar{at}sctimst.ker.nic.in Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

A 25-year-old man in New York Heart Association functional class IV with right ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis received a palliative bidirectional Glenn shunt. Despite a stormy postoperative convalescence the bidirectional Glenn shunt provided good long-term palliation.

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