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Palliative
procedures can correct physiologic defects from cardiac abnormalities
but not anatomic defects.
Originally, these procedures
were used because corrective surgery was not available. Now, infants
undergo such procedures to sustain a more normal physiology until they
are big enough to undergo corrective surgery. This section will discuss
the following palliative shunt operations: Blalock-Taussig Shunt, Glenn
Shunt and the Fontan Operation.
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