Reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt facilitates the growth of the ascending aorta after hybrid palliation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 13-day-old baby girl with tricuspid atresia (IIc), who was prematurely born at 32 weeks and 5 days of gestation and weighed 2.2 kg, underwent bilateral pulmonary artery banding, ductal stenting, and reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt. Cardiac computerized tomography at 4 months postoperatively showed that the ascending aorta outgrew the somatic growth, presumably thanks to the forward flow through the reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt. At 6 months postoperatively, the patient underwent a successful second-stage operation.
Medical subject headings
- Aorta
- Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
- Heart Defects, Congenital