Balloon dilation of the completely occluded blalock‐taussig anastomosis: A case report

Abstract

We report successful balloon dilation of a completely occluded classical Blalock-Taussig shunt in a 3-yr and 6-mo-old boy with univentricular heart and severe valvar and subvalvar pulmonary stenoses. Address reprint requests toJosC Luiz Balthazar Jacob, M.D., Rua Castelo DAgua, no 3030, SHo JosC do Rio Preto. CEP 15015-Sio Paulo, Brasil. 0 1992 Wiley-Liss, Inc.