ABSTRACT
Systemic pulmonary arterial shunt procedure is used in the management of cyanotic congenital heart diseases. We are reporting our experience of 80 procedures with modified Blalock-Taussing shunt procedure in the management of cyanotic heart defects, from January 1994 to December 1994. The age of these patients was 3 months to 15 years. Forty-five [56.2 percent] presented with cyanotic spells and 35 [43.5 percent] were electively selected for surgery. The packed cell volume in majority of the patients ranged between 45 to 70 percent. Seventy-two [90.5 percent] cases received right-sided shunt. The hospital mortality was 5 percent. We conclude modified Blalock Taussing shunt is a useful palliative procedure in the management of cyanotic congenital cardiac defects
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Pulmonary Artery/surgery , Subclavian Artery/surgery , Cyanosis , Surgical Procedures, OperativeABSTRACT
Unilateral absence of pulmonary artery is a rare anomaly. It may occur as an isolated lesion or in association with other congenital cardiac lesions. We present a case of tetrology of Fallots with associated absence of left pulmonary artery in a 25 years old male, with good operative results