“Classical Blalock–Taussig shunt” gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery

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....

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Autores principales: Idhrees, A Mohammed, Cherian, Vijay Thomas, Menon, Sabarinath, Mathew, Thomas, Dharan, Baiju S, Jayakumar, Karunakaran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608201/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26556970
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.164686
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Sumario: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.

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