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Reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt facilitates the growth of the ascending aorta after hybrid palliation.

Abstract
A 13-day-old baby girl with tricuspid atresia (IIc), who was prematurely born at 32 weeks and 5 days of gestation and weighed 2.2 kg, underwent bilateral pulmonary artery banding, ductal stenting, and reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt. Cardiac computerized tomography at 4 months postoperatively showed that the ascending aorta outgrew the somatic growth, presumably thanks to the forward flow through the reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt. At 6 months postoperatively, the patient underwent a successful second-stage operation.
AuthorsTae-Jin Yun, Won-Chul Cho, Sung-Ho Jung, Dong-Man Seo, Hyun-Woo Goo, Young-Hwue Kim
JournalThe Annals of thoracic surgery (Ann Thorac Surg) Vol. 83 Issue 5 Pg. 1886-8 (May 2007) ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands
PMID17462427 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Aorta (growth & development)
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital (surgery)
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn

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