Open Access"Classical Blalock-Taussig shunt" gone wrong: Confusing the right common carotid with right subclavian artery
Author(s) -
A. Mohammed Idhrees,
VijayThomas Cherian,
Sabarinath Me,
Thomas Mathew,
BaijuS Dharan,
Jayakumar Karunakaran
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.164686
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , right pulmonary artery , subclavian artery , aortic arch , common carotid artery , right common carotid artery , pulmonary artery , cardiology , surgery , carotid arteries , anatomy , aorta
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.