Percutaneous closure of a Blalock-Taussig shunt.
The technique used in the percutaneous closure of a Blalock-Taussig shunt in a 4-year-old child is described. After selective catheterization of the subclavian artery leading to the shunt, a spring coil was inserted which completely occluded the shunt.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*