Heart failure following cavopulmonary shunt - An unusual story of desmin cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Lamk Kadiyani (Author), Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan (Author), Sudheer Kumar Arava (Author), Sandeep Seth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Partial cavopulmonary shunt is an established procedure for patients with abnormal right ventricular (RV) physiology. Late failure of the Glenn shunt is usually due to further progression of the primary disease process. However, there may be surprises, as in our patient. We report an 8-year-old chil...