“Reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt”: Application in single ventricle hybrid palliation Kenji Baba, MD, PhD, Osami Honjo, MD, Rajiv Chaturvedi, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Kyong-Jin Lee, MD, FRCPC, Glen Van Arsdell, MD, FRCSC, Christopher A. Caldarone, MD, FRCSC, Lee N. Benson, MD, FRCPC The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 2, Pages 352-357 (August 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.029 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Outcomes of patients undergoing hybrid palliation with (group I) or without (group II) reverse Blalock-Taussig shunt (revBT). BCPS, Bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt; +RBT, reverse Blalock-Taussing shunt. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 352-357DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.029) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival analysis comparing groups I and II. Data in parentheses indicate number of patients. No significant difference was found in 1-year survival: group I, 63%; group II, 76%; log-rank P = .47. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 352-357DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.11.029) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions