Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) is a complication of the Glenn shunt. A 57-year-old tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patient, who had undergone a Glenn shunt and TOF total correction, complained of dyspnea and cyanosis. PAVFs were present in the right lung, and right lung perfusion was nearly absent. After coil embolization, takedown of the Glenn shunt, and reconstruction of the right pulmonary...

BACKGROUND Additional antegrade pulsatile pulmonary blood flow obtained by leaving the main pulmonary artery patent during bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt has been shown to give additional benefits to the bidirectional Glenn cavopulmonary anastomosis. We retrospectively evaluated our 20-patient pulsatile Glenn series in order to find out whether these salutary effects were valid or not. MET...

Four patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease who had previously undergone superior vena cava-right pulmonary artery (Glenn) anastomosis developed pulmonary arteriovenous malformations that resulted in significant intrapulmonary right-to-left shunting. This abnormality was documented by selective angiography, oximetry, and contrast echocardiogrphy. It may be a major cause of late clinica...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to review the clinical course and outcome of cardiac transplantation after a failed Glenn or Fontan procedure. BACKGROUND Late complications of the Glenn or Fontan procedure, including ventricular failure, cyanosis, protein-losing enteropathy, thromboembolism, and dysrhythmias often lead to significant morbidity and mortality. If other therapies are in...

When, in September 2018, Tom Cornford, Glenn Odom and Marilena Zaroulia joined the editorial team of Studies Theatre Performance as new Associate editors, we were presented with task tha...