A case of a tetralogy of Fallot patient treated only with classic Blalock-Taussig-Thomas shunt in modern life

Thuy Thuc Minh Pham; Thuy Thi Minh Huynh; Phuc Nang Vu

doi:10.1017/S1047951124025666

A case of a tetralogy of Fallot patient treated only with classic Blalock-Taussig-Thomas shunt in modern life

Cardiol Young. 2024 Sep 26:1-2. doi: 10.1017/S1047951124025666. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Thuy Thuc Minh Pham^{1

2}, Thuy Thi Minh Huynh¹, Phuc Nang Vu^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Tam Anh General Hospital, Hochiminh City, Viet Nam.
² Medical and Pharmacy University of Hochiminh City, Hochiminh City, Vietnam.

PMID: 39323350
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124025666

Abstract

We showed images of classic Blalock-Taussig-Thomas shunt in a 35-year-old male patient with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent palliative surgery in 1992. It is a rare image echocardiography in our modern life.

Keywords: Blalock–Taussig–Thomas shunt; Congenital cyanosis heart disease; classic Blalock–Taussig–Thomas shunt; tetralogy of Fallot.