title: False aneurysm following modified Blalock-Taussig shunt.
abstract: A 3 1/2-year-old female child presented with massive hemoptysis 5 months after a modified Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt for double-outlet right ventricle with pulmonary stenosis. Computerized tomographic scan and angiography showed a false aneurysm of the subclavian artery at the insertion of the shunt. Successful surgical management is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College University Hospital, Porur, Chennai-600116, India.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Parvathy
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ranjith
authors.forename: J S N
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moorthy
mesh_terms: D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed