Pulmonary vascular disease complicating the Blalock-Taussig anastomosis.

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...

Perigraft seroma complicating the modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: two consecutive instances with review of literature.

Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (modified Blalock-Taussig shunt) are being used successfully in palliation of cyanotic congenital heart diseases. Graft thrombosis is by far the most common complication of the procedure. Persistant serum leakage through PTFE graft causing perigraft seroma is a rare but devastating complication resulting in increased durat...

Optimization of Blalock-Taussig Shunt and Anastomotic Geometry for Vascular Access Fistula Using a Genetic Algorithm

Short Communications Vertebrobasilar Ischemia After Total Repair of Tetralogy of Fallot: Significance of Subclavian Steal Created by Blalock-Taussig Anastomosis Vertebrobasilar Ischemia After Correction of Tetralogy of Fallot

Patients who have undergone a Blalock-Taussig anastomosis for treatment of congenital heart disease may have the vascular anatomy of the subclavian steal syndrome. Cerebral ischemia has been reported in such patients, but not when total surgical correction has eliminated other predisposing factors. We report a patient who developed vertebrobasilar insufficiency 31 years after Blalock-Taussig an...

Pseudoaneurysm following modified Blalock Taussig shunt.

The modified Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt is a common palliative procedure for congenital cyanotic heart disease (CHD) with diminished pulmonary blood flow(1). In developing countries, definitive surgery usually gets delayed due to limited resources and expertise(2). Children with cyanotic CHD and BT shunt often present to the pediatrician resulting in some of the complications of BT shunt being ...