Successful surgical management of infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Successful surgical management of infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts

Published:2004-04 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:219-221
ISSN:1047-9511
Container-title:Cardiology in the Young
language:en
Short-container-title:Cardiol Young

Author:

Ootaki Yoshio,Yamaguchi Masahiro,Yoshimura Naoki

Abstract

We describe the successful management of two patients with infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts by replacement of the graft combined with antibiotic therapy.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,General Medicine,Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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