Abstract
We describe the use of a balloon catheter to occlude the right or left carotid artery as a way of directing contrast material to the pulmonary arteries. This procedure was carried out in the postoperative study of 14 children who had undergone a Blalock-Taussig shunt. The method was reliable, and the angiograms provided excellent visualization of the pulmonary arteries using only small volumes of contrast material.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 267-269 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Chest |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1988 |
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- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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Marino, B., Giannico, S., Pasquini, L., Corno, A., & Picardo, S. (1988). Balloon occlusion of the carotid artery for the angiographic visualization of Blalock-Taussig shunts and pulmonary arteries. Chest, 94(2), 267-269.