Population
2 patients with coarctation of the aorta proximal to or involving the left subclavian artery
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Case_series
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May support shunt use in select coarctation repairs with poor collaterals; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice.
A heparin-coated temporary shunt can provide effective bypass protection during surgical repair of proximal aortic coarctation where collateral circulation is inadequate.
Gordon F. Murray (1974) studied this question.
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