Use of Contegra® Conduit Reinforced with Goretex as a Modified Left Blalock-Taussig Shunt

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.

Key words

Heart disease - cardiovascular surgery - thoracic surgery

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