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Successful surgical management of infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2005

Yoshio Ootaki ,
Masahiro Yamaguchi  and
Naoki Yoshimura
Yoshio Ootaki
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Masahiro Yamaguchi
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Naoki Yoshimura
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Abstract

We describe the successful management of two patients with infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts by replacement of the graft combined with antibiotic therapy.

Keywords

Congenital heart diseaseprosthetic graftinfection
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , April 2004 , pp. 219 - 221
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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