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Modified Blalock shunts utilizing pericardial tube grafts.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  874717     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
In the last decade, 14 patients underwent an aorticpulmonary shunt for cyanotic heart disease, at which time the subclavian artery was either deemed too small or too short to function satisfactorily as a Blalock shunt. In each case a rectangular piece of pericardium was excised, rolled into a tube, and sutured down one edge to create a tube graft. One end of the graft was sutured to the stump of the subclavian artery near its takeoff and the other end was sutured end-to-side to the corresponding pulmonary artery. During the same period, 5 children had azygos vein grafts and 2 had Teflon grafts inserted to create a modified Blalock shunt. This article will discuss the indications, techniques, and long term results of aorticpulmonary shunts of all types, and more specifically the complications and long term results in patients where these grafts were used.
Authors:
R G Allen; F H Cole
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of pediatric surgery     Volume:  12     ISSN:  0022-3468     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Pediatr. Surg.     Publication Date:  1977 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1977-08-12     Completed Date:  1977-08-12     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0052631     Medline TA:  J Pediatr Surg     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  287-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Azygos Vein / transplantation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Child
Child, Preschool
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Pericardium / transplantation*
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Subclavian Artery / surgery*
Transplantation, Autologous
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
9002-84-0/Polytetrafluoroethylene

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