Thursday, September 16, 2010

History: Blalock-Taussig Shunt Original 1945 JAMA Paper

The surgical treatment of malformations of the heart
in which there is pulmonary stenosis or pulmonary atresia
Alfred Blalock & Helen B. Taussig

They reported 3 cases in whom BT shunt was performed. First patient E.M.S. had surgery on Nov 29, 1944.




Related article:
Has the time come to rename the Blalock-Taussig shunt?
Thomas Brogan & George Alfieris

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