Transcatheter closure of modified Blalock-Taussig shunt with Gianturco-Grifka vascular occlusion device

A 15‐year‐old girl with previous repair of a complex cyanotic congenital heart defect had persistence of a modified left Blalock‐Taussig shunt that could not be ligated at surgery. Six years later, antegrade delivery of a Gianturco‐Grifka Vascular Occlusion Device resulted in complete closure of the...

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Published inCatheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 48; no. 4; pp. 365 - 367
Main Authors Hoyer, Mark H., Leon, Rafael A., Fricker, F. Jay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.12.1999
Subjects
Adolescent
Blalock-Taussig shunt
Cardiac Catheterization
Embolization, Therapeutic
Female
Gianturco-Grifka device
Humans
Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities
transcatheter occlusion
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Summary:A 15‐year‐old girl with previous repair of a complex cyanotic congenital heart defect had persistence of a modified left Blalock‐Taussig shunt that could not be ligated at surgery. Six years later, antegrade delivery of a Gianturco‐Grifka Vascular Occlusion Device resulted in complete closure of the shunt. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:365–367, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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ISSN:1522-1946
1522-726X
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199912)48:4<365::AID-CCD7>3.0.CO;2-J