modified Blalock-Taussig shunt

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf medical procedure
gptkbp:category pediatric cardiac surgery
gptkbp:complication infection
pulmonary overcirculation
shunt thrombosis
gptkbp:connects pulmonary artery
subclavian artery
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:classic_Blalock-Taussig_shunt
gptkbp:firstPerformed 1960s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label modified Blalock-Taussig shunt
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Alfred_Blalock
gptkb:Helen_B._Taussig
gptkbp:performedBy cardiologist
gptkbp:reduces cyanosis
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:tetralogy_of_Fallot
palliative treatment of cyanotic congenital heart disease
gptkbp:uses gptkb:Gore-Tex_tube
prosthetic graft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blalock-Taussig_shunt
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6