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Children's Mercy Hospital

2401 Gillham Road
Kansas City, MO 64108
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Dictionary: Sano shunt

Sano shunt: a small, soft tube that lets blood in the body be redirected.

Heart surgeons use a Sano shunt to connect the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery. This helps increase blood flow to the lungs.