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Cardiac and pulmonary physiology in the functionally univentricular circulation with reference to the total cavo-pulmonary connection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2005

Daniel Sidi
Daniel Sidi
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiology Department, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Fifth University, Paris, France
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Cardiac and pulmonary physiology in patients with functionally univentricular hearts is markedly different from that found in the setting of the normal circulation. The physiology of both the heart and the lungs remains abnormal after palliative procedures, such as creation of systemic-to-pulmonary shunts, banding of the pulmonary trunk, or creation of the cavo-pulmonary connections. In this brief review, I will concentrate on two main aspects of physiology, namely oxygenation and haemodynamics. I will make comparisons between the normal circulation and the functionally univentricular circulation, the latter both before and after creation of a cavo-pulmonary connection. To finish, I will discuss the physiology of the cavo-pulmonary connection itself, and consider some clinical implications.

Keywords

HaemodynamicsFontan circulationshuntsvascular resistance
Type
Second International Workshop
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Supplement S3 , December 2005 , pp. 26 - 30
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press