The Blalock‐Taussig shunt

SM Yuan, A Shinfeld, E Raanani - Journal of cardiac surgery, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background and aim of the study: Even though the Blalock‐Taussig (B‐T) shunt, either
classic or modified, has been advocated and successfully employed in clinical practice for …

Pulmonary artery growth after palliation of congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation: arterial duct stenting versus surgical shunt

G Santoro, G Capozzi, G Caianiello… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the pulmonary artery (PA) growth after
arterial duct (AD) stenting versus modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) in neonates with …

Development of the pulmonary arteries after the Norwood procedure: comparison between Blalock-Taussig shunt and right ventricular–pulmonary artery conduit

J Caspi, TW Pettitt, T Mulder, A Stopa - The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The Norwood-Sano procedure for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)
has been associated with improved postoperative hemodynamics and outcome. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Differential branch pulmonary artery growth after the Norwood procedure with right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit versus modified Blalock–Taussig shunt …

JD Pruetz, S Badran, F Dorey, VA Starnes… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: The Norwood procedure with right ventricle–pulmonary artery conduit is
thought to improve postoperative hemodynamics in hypoplastic left heart syndrome, but its …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary artery growth after Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt: A single center experience

T Zhou, Y Wang, J Liu, Y Wang, Y Wang, S Chen… - Asian Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective This study evaluates growth of pulmonary artery (PA) between different age
groups after Modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) based on a single center experience …

Side-to-side aorto-GoreTex central shunt warrants central shunt patency and pulmonary arteries growth

L Barozzi, CP Brizard, JC Galati, IE Konstantinov… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Central shunts may be associated with a high rate of thrombosis and
pulmonary artery distortion. METHODS: Between January 2000 and April 2010, 68 …

Comparison of outcomes at time of superior cavopulmonary connection between single ventricle patients with ductal-dependent pulmonary blood flow initially …

JJ Meadows, AM Qureshi, BH Goldstein… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Patients with single ventricle anatomy and ductal-dependent pulmonary blood
flow may be initially palliated with either modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) or ductus …

Outcomes of the rehabilitative procedure for patients with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect and hypoplastic pulmonary arteries beyond the infant period

Y Zhang, Z Hua, K Yang, H Zhang, J Yan… - European Journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVES To determine the effect and safeness of the right ventricle to pulmonary artery
connection with occlusion of major aortopulmonary collaterals and pulmonary artery …

A comparison of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt with the right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduit

AC Fiore, C Tobin, S Jureidini, M Rahimi… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background This study compared the modified Blalock-Taussig (MBT) shunt with the right
ventricle-to-pulmonary artery (RVPA) conduit with respect to outcome and PA growth …

Pulmonary arterioplasty with decellularized allogeneic patches

RA Hopkins, GK Lofland, J Marshall, D Connelly… - The Annals of thoracic …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Decellularized allogeneic nonvalved pulmonary artery patches for arterioplasty
are a relatively new option compared with cryopreserved allogeneic, crosslinked …