Closure of Blalock-Taussig shunts using a new detachable coil device.
Open Access
- 1 April 1995
- Vol. 73 (4), 383-384
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.73.4.383
Abstract
Two children underwent interventional closure of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt using a new detachable coil system (Duct-Occlud). This procedure has advantages over currently available materials to occlude these and other communications between the systemic and pulmonary circulations.Keywords
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