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Ann Thorac Surg 1990;50:124
© 1990 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Disruption of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by rapid deceleration injury

Douglas H. Joyce, DOa,b, Lynn B. McGrath, MD*,a,b

a Department of Surgery, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA
b Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey USA

Accepted for publication December 7, 1989.

* Address reprint requests to Dr McGrath, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, 200 Trenton Rd, Browns Mills, NJ 08015.

A case is presented of an 8-year-old child who had tension hemothorax after disruption of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt 2 weeks postoperatively. A rapid deceleration mechanism was responsible for the injury.






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