title: Transcatheter occlusion of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt using the amplatzer vascular plug with the catheter-snare technique.
abstract: A 16-month-old boy with previous repair of a critical pulmonary stenosis had persistence of a right modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Transcatheter occlusion of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt was achieved using the Amplatzer vascular plug with the catheter-snare technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea. jgynhg@dreamwiz.com
authors.forename: G Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*