Cardiology in the Young

Table of Contents - 2004 - Volume 14, Issue 02  


Brief Report

Successful surgical management of infected modified Blalock-Taussig shunts

Yoshio Ootaki a1c1, Masahiro Yamaguchi a1 and Naoki Yoshimura a1
a1 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kobe Children's Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Article author query
ootaki y   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
yamaguchi m   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 
yoshimura n   [PubMed][Google Scholar] 

Abstract

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

(Accepted October 22 2003)


Key Words: Congenital heart disease; prosthetic graft; infection.

Correspondence:
c1 Correspondence to: Dr Yoshio Ootaki, 1-1-1 Takakuradai, Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 654-0081, Japan. Tel: 81 78 732 6961; Fax: 81 78 735 0910; E-mail: y.ootaki@nifty.ne.jp

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