Fore quarter gangrene: Complication of Blalock-Taussig shunt

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 582-584

  Hussain, Raheel ^a   Al Faraidi, Yahya ^a  

^a PRINCE SULTAN CARDIAC CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blalock Taussig Shunt; Complication; Gangrene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; GANGRENE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARM; FATAL OUTCOME; GANGRENE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; ISCHEMIA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030900691     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)01113-X     Document Type: Article

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