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The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Vol 70, 687-691, Copyright © 1975 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Western Thoracic Surgical Association

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The Blalock-Taussig shunt in the first six months of life

H Laks, JD Marco and VL Willman

Because of increasing interest in the application of the Blalock- Taussig shunt in smaller infants, we reviewed the course of 18 infants aged 6 months or less who underwent this procedure. The mortality rate in 4 infants under 2 weeks of age was 50 per cent and that in those 2 weeks to 6 months of age, 28 per cent. The patency rate was 70 per cent. Because of late problems with the Waterston shunt and a comparable mortality rate, the Blalock-Taussig procedure is recommended for all infants, except perhaps those under 2 weeks of age.




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