The Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Collaboration

Murphy, Anne M.; Cameron, Duke E.

doi:10.1001/jama.300.3.328

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“…The systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt used by Norwood was a modification of the Blalock-Taussig (B-T) shunt, first famously described by Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig in 1945 ( 9 , 10 ). This type of shunt, which is still commonly used today, is a polytetrafluorethylene tube that connects the right innominate or subclavian artery to the right pulmonary artery and is required because the main pulmonary artery is utilized to create the neoaorta ( 8 ).…”

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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from comfort care to long-term survival

Yabrodi

Mastropietro

2016

Pediatr Res

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The management of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) has changed substantially over the past four decades. In the 1970s, children with HLHS could only be provided with supportive care. As a result, most of these unfortunate children died within the neonatal period. The advent of the Norwood procedure in the early 1980s has changed the prognosis for these children, and the majority now undergoing a series of three surgical stages that can support survival beyond the neonatal period and into early adulthood. This review will focus on the Norwood procedure and the other important innovations of the last half century that have improved our outlook toward children born with HLHS.

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Section: The Norwood Proceduresmentioning

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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from comfort care to long-term survival

Yabrodi

Mastropietro

2016

Pediatr Res

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“…In the current era, one would also hope that the essential contributions of those providing not only technical assistance, but also intellectual input, would not be ignored. 41 Although the eponym for the shunt does not include the deserving name of Vivien Thomas, he eventually received accolades due him, including an honorary doctorate from The Johns Hopkins University in 1976 ( Fig. 8).…”

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The Blalock-Taussig shunt: the social history of an eponym

Evans

2009

Cardiol Young

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Creating eponyms for surgical procedures or medical discoveries can be a simple objective process of attaching names of innovators. Some eponyms, however, have a controversial history. Undertaking the first systemic-to-pulmonary arterial shunt required the combined efforts of Helen Taussig, Vivien Thomas, and Alfred Blalock. In this review, I attempt to look beyond the mechanics of attributing the eponym to the larger social history surrounding the term.

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“…The source of pulmonary blood flow (PBF) by using a Gore-Tex(polytetrafluorethylene) tube implanted between the right innominate or subclavian artery and the right pulmonary artery constitute modifications of the Blalock-Taussig (B-T) shunt. The modification is based on a description by Alfred Blalock and Helen Taussig in 1945 [13,14]. This modified shunt is known as the MBT shunt.…”

Section: Norwood Proceduresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome [HLHS]: treatment options in present era

Rai

Gładki

Dudyńska

et al. 2018

Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is the most severe form of congenital heart defect (CHD). The first successful intervention for it was undertaken by Norwood in 1983. Since then, there have been much development in the pre, intra, and postoperative treatment option in staged palliative surgical procedures. Early diagnostic management, prenatal interventions, innovative diagnostic methods, constantly modified surgical techniques, and hybridization contribute to a significant progress in treatment options. This will allow for defining an optimal strategy of improving survival and quality of life in HLHS patients. The development of intervention cardiology makes possible the stepwise treatment of the defect with one operation only. The first and third stage may be done by hybrid or interventional methods, then only the second stage of treatment needs to be done surgically. The world experience and all the available literature says that the 1st-stage procedure could be done now safely either directly or with a bridge to Norwood followed by the stage 2 with a Glen or Hemi-Fontan and followed by a Fontan down the lane surgically.

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The Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Collaboration

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from comfort care to long-term survival

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome: from comfort care to long-term survival

The Blalock-Taussig shunt: the social history of an eponym

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome [HLHS]: treatment options in present era

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