'Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt' gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery

Autor: A Mohammed Idhrees, Vijay Thomas Cherian, Sabarinath Menon, Thomas Mathew, Baiju S Dharan, Karunakaran Jayakumar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Zdroj: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, Vol 8, Iss 3, Pp 228-229 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0974-2069
DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.164686
Popis: A 14-year-old girl underwent classical Blalock-Taussig shunt at 5 months of age. Computed tomography evaluation showed "Adachi type H" pattern of aortic arch vessels with the right common carotid artery being anastomosed to the right pulmonary artery mistaking it for the right subclavian artery.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals