Cyanosis from Portosystemic Shunt after Fontan Completion – Part 1

By Ege Ozdemir, MD; Saadeh B. Jureidini, MD; and Renuka E. Peterson, MD

Introduction

Heterotaxy may be associated with various forms of venous anomalies. We describe here anomalous venous drainage from a portosystemic communication that resulted in severe cyanosis in a heterotaxy patient after Fontan completion.

To read the full article, please go to the January 2017 Issue of CCT, where it was originally published.