Acute pulmonary edema after Blalock-Taussig anastomosis.
Acute pulmonary edema developed in 2 patients after a Blalock-Taussig shunt procedure. Both patients had a univentricular heart complex with pulmonary stenosis. One patient underwent a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt using a polytetrafluoroethylene tube and the other underwent a classic Blalock-Taussig anastomosis. Acute pulmonary edema after the Blalock-Taussig shunt is rare, but once it has occurred, immediate treatment is obligatory.
Okita
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tenri Hospital, Nara, Japan.
Miki
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S
Kusuhara
K
K
Ueda
Y
Y
Tahata
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T
Yamanaka
K
K
Tamura
T
T
D000208:Acute Disease; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene