Sano shunt

A Sano shunt is a shunt from the right ventricle to the pulmonary circulation.^[1][2][3]

Sano shunt
Diagram of Sano shunt (orange) in hypoplastic left heart syndrome after Norwood Procedure

In contrast to a Blalock–Taussig shunt, circulation is primarily in systole.^{[citation needed]}

It is sometimes used as the first step in a Norwood procedure.^{[citation needed]}

This procedure was pioneered by the Japanese cardiothoracic surgeon Shunji Sano [ja] in 2003.^[4]