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Modified Blalock Taussig shunt anastomosis in a three month old child with pulmonary stenosis: embolization therapy
J Dubois1, L Cohen, F Brunelle
1Service de Radiologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Paris, France.
Pediatric Radiology
|January 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case of transcatheter occlusion of a modified Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt with a detachable balloon is described. A three month old boy with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum had a repair consisting in valvotomy and a modified BT. This palliative aorticopulmonary shunt created congestive heart failure. As an alternative to surgery, a detachable balloon was used to occlude the BT shunt.