Fore quarter gangrene: complication of Blalock-Taussig shunt.
A pre-term baby with complex congenital heart disease was operated upon for construction of Blalock-Taussig (B-T) Shunt. Soon after surgery the upper limb became blanched and cold. Despite conservative measures to improve circulation, limb ischaemia progressively worsened and resulted in fore quarter gangrene.
Hussain
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
al-Faraidi
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D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005734:Gangrene; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology