Recanalization of an occluded modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by balloon angioplasty within 12 hours of its construction

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 641-643

  Galal, M O ^a   Attas, K ^a   Baslaim, G ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cyanotic congenital heart disease; Palliation; Systemic to pulmonary shunt

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CYANOSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY ARTERY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 0034324118     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100008957     Document Type: Article

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