Key result
Reverse Potts shunt successfully served as a palliative bridge to lung transplant in a 14-year-old patient with severe pulmonary veno-occlusive disease on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Why the study?
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease has no definitive cure apart from lung transplant, and reverse Potts shunt can serve as a palliative bridge.
Does a reverse Potts shunt allow for decannulation from ECMO and survival to lung transplant in a pediatric patient with severe pulmonary veno-occlusive disease?
Case Report (n=1)
Does a reverse Potts shunt allow for decannulation from ECMO and survival to lung transplant in a pediatric patient with severe pulmonary veno-occlusive disease?
A reverse Potts shunt can serve as a viable rescue strategy and bridge to lung transplant for select patients with end-stage pulmonary veno-occlusive disease on ECMO.
Supports reverse Potts shunt as rescue bridge in select pediatric PVOD on ECMO; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease has no definitive cure apart from lung transplant. The reverse Potts shunt can be a palliative bridge to transplant. A post-arrest 14-year-old with severe pulmonary veno-occlusive disease on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support was decannulated after reverse Potts shunt and survived to lung transplant. Reverse Potts shunt should be considered as a rescue in select patients with end-stage pulmonary veno-occlusive disease.
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Davies et al. (2025) conducted a case report in Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (n=1). Reverse Potts shunt was evaluated on Survival to lung transplant. Reverse Potts shunt successfully served as a palliative bridge to lung transplant in a 14-year-old patient with severe pulmonary veno-occlusive disease on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
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