PMID: 7371047Jan 1, 1980Paper

Blalock-Taussig shunt to a pulmonary vein: an unusual surgical complication

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
S R ChoR R Lower

Abstract

Thickening of the wall of pulmonary veins in cyanotic congenital heart disease and the presence of hilar vessel anatomic variants may mislead a surgeon into incorrectly anastomosing the subclavian artery to the pulmonary vein when performing a Blalock-Taussig shunt. Emergency selective angiography is the study of choice for the identification of this operative complication.

References

Nov 22, 1976·Virchows Archiv. A, Pathological Anatomy and Histology·C A Wagenvoort, N Wagenvoort

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