An infected pseudoaneurysm following a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-110

  Matsuhisa, Hironori ^a   Yoshimura, Naoki ^a   Kitahara, Junichiro ^a   Otaka, Shingo ^a   Ichida, Fukiko ^a   Funada, Hisashi ^a   Misaki, Takuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infection; Modified Blalock Taussig shunt; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

HABEKACIN; RIFAMPICIN; SUTURE MATERIAL; VANCOMYCIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CASE REPORT; DIASTOLE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAFT INFECTION; HEART MURMUR; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OTITIS MEDIA; PNEUMONIA; POLITEF IMPLANT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RELAPSE; STERNOTOMY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTOLE; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STERNUM; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; THORACOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 58149384043     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2008.184333     Document Type: Article

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