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ReviewIndian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2025

Common shunt lesions with pulmonary hypertension-who will benefit from surgery?

Shine Kumar, Raman Krishna Kumar

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Review in Indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Shine KumarDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Hospital, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, 682041 Kerala India.ORCID 0000-0002-1050-9025
Raman Krishna KumarDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Hospital, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University, Kochi, 682041 Kerala India.ORCID 0000-0003-4343-0951

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Left to right shunts comprise a specific group of congenital heart disease, when identified and treated on time result in excellent outcomes. However, a proportion of these defects do not receive the timely intervention and often present late posing the question of safe operability especially in low- and middle-income countries. The lack of ample evidence and standardised guidelines often poses an enigma to the treating physician preventing appropriate and patient-friendly decision-making. Moreover, no single test or clinical feature can accurately define operability in this subset of patients. In this review, we aim to address this issue in a comprehensive and holistic manner and formulate a simplified guideline based on current evidence to help the physician to arrive at an appropriate decision. Graphical Abstract: ECG, electrocardiogram; L-R left to right.

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Congenital heart diseaseEisenmenger syndromeLeft to right shuntOperabilityPulmonary hypertension

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PMID40417595
PMCPMC12102052

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