We previously reported on the partial prevention of experimental shunt-induced pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by the nonselective endothelin (ET) ET-A/ET-B receptor antagonist bosentan. As the ...

Systemic to pulmonary arterial shunts are surgically created connections between the aorta and a pulmonary artery in children with cyanotic congenital heart disease, such as tetralogy of Fallot or ...

A patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who received a modified Potts shunt exhibited improved quality of life and exercise capacity after 1 year. A case report published in ERJ Open ...

Among patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an arteriovenous (AV) shunt improves physiological parameters such as cardiac output and oxygen delivery but does not have a ...

VENOUS anastomoses connecting the portal and pulmonary veins have been shown in cirrhotic patients by post-mortem injection, 1 and there has been considerable speculation concerning their possible ...