Occlusion of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: Unique methods of treatment and review of catheter-based intervention

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Kogon, Brian ^a   Villari, Craig ^a   Shah, Neil ^a   Kirshbom, Paul ^a   Kanter, Kirk ^a   Kim, Dennis ^b   Raviele, Anthony ^b   Vincent, Robert ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Blalock Taussig shunt; Occlusion; Stent; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

AXILLARY ARTERY; BLALOCK TAUSSIG ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHUNT THROMBOSIS; SHUNTING; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ATRESIA; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250190204     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2007.00095.x     Document Type: Review

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