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Palliative Bilateral Unidirectional Glenn Shunts

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 1 Department of Anesthesiology 2 Department of Cardiology Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of 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 of Medical Sciences & Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695011, India.

A Fontan operation was planned for a 5-year-old girl with complex cyanotic heart disease and bilateral superior venae cavae. The unexpected finding of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the left superior vena cava led to a change of strategy. During a bilateral bidirectional Glenn procedure, the pulmonary confluence had to be disconnected to avoid pulmonary venous obstruction. This resulted in bilateral unidirectional cavopulmonary flow.