Amplatzer vascular plug closure of a Blalock-Taussig shunt through a Glenn shunt

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 413-415

  Ramakrishnan, S ^a   Kothari, Shyam S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Amplatzer vascular plug; BT shunt; Glenn

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GLENN SHUNT; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SHUNTING; SITUS INVERSUS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VASCULAR ACCESS; VASCULAR PLUG;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; EDEMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53849114729     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21643     Document Type: Article

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