title: A simple approach to takedown of a modified Blalock shunt.
abstract: We describe a simple and rapid technique for takedown of right-sided modified Blalock shunts involving a blunt approach between the pericardium and the pleura. We have used this method successfully on either side in 47 cases.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital La Timone, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metras
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreitmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Riberi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tapia
mesh_terms: D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans