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A Case Successfully Treated by Local Low-dose Urokinase Infusion in Neonate with Blalock-Taussig Shunt Partially Occluded by Thrombus
Yong Chan Park, Hyoung Doo Lee, Gyu Tae No
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2000;43(10):1395-1398.   Published online October 15, 2000
For some cyanotic children with deficient pulmonary blood flow, the Blalock-Taussig shunt is a life-saving or temporizing form of palliation. Extensive experience has been gathered, and mortality and morbidity as well as the incidence of shunt stenosis and thrombosis have significantly decreased. However, even nowadays, the most frequently encountered complication excluding mortality in early postoperative course is occlusion of the...
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