Taber's Medical Dictionary
Blalock-Taussig shunt
(blā′lŏk″-tăw′sig″)
[Alfred Blalock, U.S. surgeon; 1899-1965; Helen B. Taussig, U.S. pediatrician; 1898-1986]
ABBR: B-T shunt. An anastomosis of a subclavian artery to the pulmonary artery on the same side. This procedure increases blood flow to the lungs in children with cardiac defects. The modified Blalock-Taussig shunt involves the use of synthetic graft material to create the anastomosis.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Blalock-Taussig Shunt." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740882/all/Blalock_Taussig_shunt.
Blalock-Taussig shunt. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740882/all/Blalock_Taussig_shunt. Accessed January 21, 2025.
Blalock-Taussig shunt. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740882/all/Blalock_Taussig_shunt
Blalock-Taussig Shunt [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 January 21]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740882/all/Blalock_Taussig_shunt.
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