title: Closure of Blalock-Taussig shunts using a new detachable coil device.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tometzki
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Houston
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Redington
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rigby
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Redel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: 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*