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Blalock-Taussig procedure
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Blalock-Taussig procedure
[blā′loktô′sig]
Etymology: Alfred Blalock, American surgeon, 1899-1964; Helen B. Taussig, American physician, 1898-1986
surgical construction of a shunt between the right subclavian artery and the right pulmonary artery as a temporary measure to overcome congenital heart malformations, such as tetralogy of Fallot, in which there is insufficient pulmonary blood flow. Echocardiography is used to assess the malformation. General anesthesia and a cardiac bypass machine are used for the operation. The subclavian artery is joined end to side with the pulmonary artery, directing blood from the systemic circulation to the lungs. Thrombosis of the shunt is the major postoperative complication. Permanent surgical correction is performed in early childhood. See also heart surgery.


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The traditional version uses a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS), which connects the aorta (the major blood vessel delivering blood from the heart to the body) to the pulmonary artery.
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Case report A 10-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, ventricular septal defect and severe pulmonary stenosis had underwent a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt on the 7th day of life.
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Introduction Progressive stenosis and acute thrombosis, months to years after surgical creation, are the most known complications of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (1, 2).
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