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Systemic-Pulmonary Shunts

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The dramatic performance of an anastomosis between the left subclavian artery and the left pulmonary artery by Alfred Blalock on November 29, 1944, inaugurated the age of surgical treatment of cyanotic congenital heart disease.4 This operation, performed in a 15-month-old girl, was strongly encouraged by Helen Taussig and was stimulated by research being carried out in Blalock’s research laboratory.24 In the ensuing decades, a number of additional operations have been developed to improve deficient pulmonary blood flow by constructing a communication between the systemic and pulmonary circulations.

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  1. Section of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sutter Memorial Hospital, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  2. Davis Medical School, University of California, 5301 F Street, Suite 312, 95819, Sacramento, California, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery)

  3. Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Bradley J. Harlan MD (Chief, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Formerly: Associate Professor of Surgery) & Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  4. Heart Institute at St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  5. Starr-Wood Cardiac Group, P.C., 9155 SW Barnes Rd., Suite 240, 97225-6629, Portland, Oregon, USA

    Albert Starr MD (Professor of Surgery, Director)

  6. Harwin Studios, 9101 SW 15th Avenue, 97219, Portland, OR, USA

    Fredic M. Harwin BFA, MS

  7. Hôpital Broussais, University of Paris, Paris, France

    Alain Carpentier MD (Professor of Cardiac Surgery)

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Harlan, B.J., Starr, A., Harwin, F.M., Carpentier, A. (1995). Systemic-Pulmonary Shunts. In: Manual of Cardiac Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2474-7_17

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