Use of Contegra conduit reinforced with Goretex as a modified left Blalock-Taussig shunt

H A Vohra; R Whistance; A Gulati; M P Haw

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1240829

Use of Contegra conduit reinforced with Goretex as a modified left Blalock-Taussig shunt

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2010 Sep;58(6):366-7. doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1240829. Epub 2010 Sep 7.

Authors

H A Vohra¹, R Whistance, A Gulati, M P Haw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Wessex Cardiothoracic Centre, Southampton, United Kingdom.

PMID: 20824594
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1240829

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.

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, New York.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery*
Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Bioprosthesis*
Blalock-Taussig Procedure / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Child, Preschool
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Male
Polytetrafluoroethylene*
Prosthesis Design
Reoperation
Thoracotomy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticoagulants
Polytetrafluoroethylene