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A Sano shunt is a shunt from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation.
In contrast to a Blalock–Taussig shunt, circulation is primarily in systole.
It is sometimes used as the first step in a Norwood procedure.
This procedure was pioneered by the Japanese Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Shunji Sano (b.1953) in 2003.
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