Blalock shunt: procedure of choice in infants.
This report summarizes our experience in 39 infants less than three months of age who underwent a Blalock anastomosis. Mortality in the 16 infants under one week of age was 25% (4/16) and the overall mortality was 26% (10/39). Early patency was 87% (34/39) and late, 83% (24/29). No patient developed congestive heart failure or pulmonary hypertension. For the infant with diminished pulmonary blood flow, the Blalock shunt is the procedure of choice.
D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*