Dilatable banding of a Blalock-Taussig shunt.

Chikada, Masahide; Sekiguchi, Akihiko; Oho, Shinichi; Miyamoto, Takashi; Ishida, Ryouichi; Takayama, Hiroo; Ishizawa, Akira · Ann Thorac Surg · 2002

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Dilatable banding has been used in various situations. Sometimes Blalock-Taussig shunt banding is performed to prevent pulmonary overcirculation. Recently several reports have described dilatable pulmonary artery banding. We modified these methods for flow control of a Blalock-Taussig shunt. We report the case of a neonate with truncus arteriosus in which this technique was used.

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