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Is There Any One Out There.
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I was told I may be the oldest person living with an o'Potts shunt. I'm 46 and hope to find some one else out there.

posted May 16, 2017
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A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Hi Jeffery.....try this site........this is just a little excerpt of this paper.....I didn't read the whole thing.....

The Potts shunt is a novel alternative technique for decompressing the right ventricle without significant upper body cyanosis. It is a surgical technique in which a side-to-side anastomosis is created from the left pulmonary artery to the descending aorta, resulting in a right-to-left shunt.Feb 5, 2015
Potts Shunt in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC43...

posted December 24, 2017
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

HI Sarah
I Googled my condition. I have not found any information on anyone still livin with the O' Potts shunt.

Everything I have found says the had the fontan surgery .
When I was born in 1971 the fontan was not developed. I'm 46 now and I still have the O'Potts shunt.
I'm hope I can find more information sometime soon.

posted May 28, 2017
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Hi SarahHolder
I have not tried Google. I did try the type of condition but not anything on the o potts shunt. I will thanks.

I am doing fine. Thanks for asking.

posted May 28, 2017
A MyHeartDiseaseTeam Member

Hi Jeffery did you try googling your condition on the internet, and see what comes up,, might show other folks that have the same condition as you. I hope you are feeling ok today !

posted May 28, 2017

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