title: Transcatheter recanalization and subsequent stent implantation for the treatment of early postoperative thrombosis of modified Blalock-Taussig shunts in two children.
abstract: Two babies with duct-dependent cyanotic congenital heart disease were palliated with modified Blalock-Taussig shunts. One patient was diagnosed to have tetralogy of Fallot, and the other patient, tricuspid atresia type Ia. Early postoperative arterial oxygen saturations dropped significantly due to shunt thrombosis. Both patients were successfully treated with angioplasty and stent implantation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital, Hannover Medical School, Germany. Peuster.Matthias@mh-hannover.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peuster
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hausdorf
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents