title: "Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt" gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery.
abstract: A 14-year-old girl underwent classical Blalock-Taussig shunt at 5 months of age. Computed tomography evaluation showed "Adachi type H" pattern of aortic arch vessels with the right common carotid artery being anastomosed to the right pulmonary artery mistaking it for the right subclavian artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: A Mohammed
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Idhrees
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Vijay Thomas
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Cherian
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Sabarinath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Menon
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mathew
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Baiju S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Dharan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
authors.forename: Karunakaran
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jayakumar
keywords: Aortic arch; aortopulmonary shunt; congenital heart disease; congenital heart disease-univentricular heart