Author:
Galal Omar,Qureshi Shakeel A.
Abstract
SummaryA two-month-old boy, with complex pulmonary atresia, became increasingly cyanosed 10 days after a modified 5 mm right Blalock-Taussig shunt. There was no shunt flow on auscultation or Doppler echocardiography. Despite anticoagulation with heparin, the shunt remained occluded. After demonstration of the occluded shunt at angiography, a guide wire was easily passed through the occlusion and into the pulmonary artery. Balloon dilation was then successfully accomplished with a 6 mm diameter angioplasty balloon resulting in a patent shunt. The shunt was still widely patent at cardiac catheterization six months later.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Cited by
3 articles.
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