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The neuroendocrinal system of the heart after construction of a Glenn anastomosis or the Fontan circulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2005

Simona Vittorini ,
Simona Storti ,
Maria Serena Parri ,
Riccardo Moschetti ,
Luigi Scebba ,
Aldo Clerico ,
Bruno Murzi  and
Vincenzo Stefano Luisi
Simona Vittorini
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology and Genetics, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Simona Storti
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology and Genetics, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Maria Serena Parri
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology and Genetics, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Riccardo Moschetti
Affiliation:
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Luigi Scebba
Affiliation:
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Aldo Clerico
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology and Genetics, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Bruno Murzi
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
Vincenzo Stefano Luisi
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Clinical Physiology Institute, National Research Council, Massa, Italy
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Many complex cardiac defects produce a functionally single ventricle, in which there is mixing of the systemic and pulmonary circulations. The output from the functionally single ventricle is divided between the two circulations: the proportion going to the systemic and pulmonary vascular beds being determined by the relative resistance to flows within the respective circulations.

Keywords

Brain natriuretic peptidepaediatric cardiac surgerydisease marker
Type
Second International Workshop
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Supplement S3 , December 2005 , pp. 21 - 25
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press