Drug-eluting stent for acute Blalock-Taussig shunt thrombosis in a child—case report

Drug-eluting stent for acute Blalock-Taussig shunt thrombosis in a child—case report

Abstract Background Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) continues to have a relatively high operative and short-term mortality, even in the current era. We report the use of drug-eluting stent in a child with acute shunt thrombosis, which has not been reported in the literature to date. Case presentation A...

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Main Authors: Arun Gopalakrishnan, Bijulal Sasidharan, Sabarinath Menon, Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-08-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Blalock-Taussig shunt
Cyanosis
Aortopulmonary shunt
Cyanotic spell
Double outlet right ventricle
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43044-020-00084-y

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