Closure of Blalock-Taussig shunts using a new detachable coil device.
Two children underwent interventional closure of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt using a new detachable coil system (Duct-Occlud). This procedure has advantages over currently available materials to occlude these and other communications between the systemic and pulmonary circulations.
Tometzki
A J
AJ
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.
Houston
A B
AB
Redington
A N
AN
Rigby
M L
ML
Redel
D A
DA
Wilson
N
N
D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*