The Blalock-Taussig anastomosis in infants younger than 1 week of age.

The Blalock-Taussig anastomosis in infants younger than 1 week of age.

CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS Pulmonary Vascular Disease Complicating the Blalock-Taussig Anastomosis

ALTHOUGH THE BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT has been performed since 1945,1 the long-term effects upon the pulmonary vascular bed have been recorded only incompletely. While pulmonary vascular disease following the Waterston or Potts operations has been reported to occur in from 10 to 50% of cases, its incidence after the BlalockTaussig shunt has been thought to be much lower. Daoud,2 Hancock," and Robe...

Pulmonary vascular disease complicating the Blalock-Taussig anastomosis.

The pulmonary vascular bed was evaluated following a Blalock-Taussig shunt performed in 36 patients for decreased pulmonary blood flow. The time of follow-up ranged from one to 21 years after operation. No patients developed severe pulmonary changes in less than eight years after institution of the shunt. Ten of 20 patients having a shunt eight years or longer developed some degree of pulmonary...

Blalock-Taussig anastomosis in 126 patients with Fallot's tetralogy.

Subclavian Steal in Patients with Blalock-taussig Anastomosis.

ALTHOUGH the collateral anastomotic channels that occur secondary to obstruction of the first segment of the subclavian artery have received relatively little comment by anatomists, the participation by the vertebral artery in such instances has been mentioned.' Recently, the finding of retrograde flow from the vertebral artery on the side of an obstruction in the first part of the subclavian a...