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14564983

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-20
pubmed:abstractText
A 3-month-old infant with tetralogy of Fallot presented with progressive severe cyanosis and intractable acidosis about 2 months after a successful modified right-sided Blalock-Taussig shunt. At cardiac catheterization, the suspected shunt malfunction was confirmed. It was due to a bulky, pear-like mass arising from the right subclavian artery and compressing the polytetrafluoroethylene conduit. Any attempt to recanalize the shunt by percutaneous techniques proved unsuccessful. At surgery, a huge dilation of the anterior wall of the right subclavian artery, that sharply bent the prosthetic conduit, was found. Pathologic examination revealed that the compressing mass was pseudo-aneurysmal in nature. Despite a second successful shunt operation with a dramatic clinical improvement, the patient died due to multiorgan failure 72 hours following surgery. Extrinsic compression by a false aneurysm is a rare cause of shunt occlusion that should always be suspected in patients presenting with a rapidly progressive shunt malfunction late after a successful shunt procedure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1129-471X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
559-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Late-onset Blalock-Taussig shunt occlusion due to a subclavian artery pseudoaneurysm.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. santoropino@tin.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports