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Modified Blalock-Taussig Procedure

Known as: Blalock-Taussig Shunt, Modified, Shunt, Modified Blalock-Taussig, Modified Blalock Taussig Procedure 
The use of a BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS to connect the subclavian branch of the aorta to the pulmonary artery.
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Review
2015
Review
2015
The history of surgery for transposition of great arteries (TGA) has paralleled the history of cardiac surgery. In fact, it began… 
2012
2012
The aim of this study was to build a mock circulatory system replicating in vitro the hemodynamics following the Norwood… 
1982
1982
From May 1977 to February 1981, 36 modified Blalock-Taussig shunts were performed in 34 patients for a variety of cyanotic… 
1980
1980
SUMMARYKnowledge of the long-term effects of infant cardiac surgery is essential if further progress is to be made in not only… 
1961
1961
Transposition of the great vessels is the most frequent cause of death from congenital heart disease in childhood. The high…