title: Use of Contegra conduit reinforced with Goretex as a modified left Blalock-Taussig shunt.
abstract: This is the first report of the construction of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt using a Contegra conduit reinforced with Goretex in a 4-year-old boy. The patient had a complex cardiac history with a primary diagnosis of pulmonary atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle (RV) and RV-coronary artery fistula.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Vohra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Whistance
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Haw
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D058366:Blalock-Taussig Procedure / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D013908:Thoracotomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene