Has the time come to rename the Blalock-Taussig shunt?

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 450-453

  Brogan, Thomas V ^a   Alfieris, George M ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfred blalock; Blalock Taussig shunt; Helen Taussig; Tetralogy of Fallot; Vivien Thomas

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; HISTORY; HUMAN;

HEART BYPASS, RIGHT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 2142681878     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000090014.95775.3A     Document Type: Article

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