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Catheter-induced acute Blalock–Taussig shunt thrombosis and bailout

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2020

Bassel Mohammad Nijres Open the ORCID record for Bassel Mohammad Nijres [Opens in a new window] ,
Paul M. Nelson  and
Joseph J. Vettukattil
Bassel Mohammad Nijres
Affiliation:
Congenital Heart Center, Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Paul M. Nelson
Affiliation:
Congenital Heart Center, Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Joseph J. Vettukattil*
Affiliation:
Congenital Heart Center, Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Joseph Vettukattil, MD, Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, 100 Michigan NE (MC248), Grand Rapids, MI49503, USA. Tel: +1 616 267 0988; Fax: +1 616 267 1408. E-mail: Joseph.Vettukattil@helendevoschildrens.org
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Abstract

Modified Blalock–Taussig shunt thrombosis is a life-threatening event. We describe an extremely rare catheter-induced shunt thrombosis in an infant with complex CHD and its successful treatment utilising a single low dose of local recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in conjunction with balloon angioplasty.

Keywords

Blalock–Taussig shuntplasminogen activatorrecanalisation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 30 , Issue 10 , October 2020 , pp. 1512 - 1514
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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