"Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt" gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery

A Mohammed Idhrees; Vijay Thomas Cherian; Sabarinath Menon; Thomas Mathew; Baiju S Dharan; Karunakaran Jayakumar

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"Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt" gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery

A Mohammed Idhrees, Vijay Thomas Cherian, Sabarinath Menon, Thomas Mathew, Baiju S Dharan, Karunakaran Jayakumar
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

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A Mohammed Idhrees
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Thirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 011, Kerala
India

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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.164686

Year : 2015 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 3 | Page : 228-229

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A 14-year-old girl underwent classical Blalock-Taussig shunt at 5 months of age. Computed tomography evaluation showed "Adachi type H" pattern of aortic arch vessels with the right common carotid artery being anastomosed to the right pulmonary artery mistaking it for the right subclavian artery.

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DOI: 10.4103/0974-2069.164686