Blalock-Taussig anastomosis in 126 patients with Fallot's tetralogy
| Autor: | J. M. Reid, J. G. Stevenson, E. N. Coleman, R. S. Barclay |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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Heart Septal Defects Ventricular Male Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Subclavian Artery Pulmonary Artery Anastomosis Postoperative Complications medicine.artery Infant Mortality medicine Humans Ventricular outflow tract Tetralogy Child Subclavian artery Tetralogy of Fallot Heart septal defect business.industry Infant Articles medicine.disease Infant mortality Surgery Child Preschool Surgical Procedures Operative Pulmonary artery Female business Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 28:269-272 |
| ISSN: | 0040-6376 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/thx.28.3.269 |
| Popis: | The long-term results of Blalock anastomosis in 126 patients (1954-71) for Fallot9s tetralogy are presented. The operative mortality was 10% and the overall mortality 38%. The 78 survivors were reviewed after periods of surveillance ranging from six months to 17 years. Complications were few. It is concluded that although total correction as a primary procedure has become the treatment of choice in most, it may in some instances never be technically feasible because of extreme underdevelopment of the right ventricular outflow tract. In the very young with urgent symptoms and rapid deterioration total correction would be considered hazardous. In the infant a high operative mortality reflected the inadequate calibre of the vessels used in the shunt operation. |
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