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shunt

In electrical engineering, a conductor of very low resistance that is connected in parallel to an ammeter in order to enable it to measure larger electric currents. Its low resistance enables it to act like a bypass, diverting most of the current through itself and away from the ammeter.



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The traditional version uses a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS), which connects the aorta (the major blood vessel delivering blood from the heart to the body) to the pulmonary artery.
Case report A 10-year-old patient with tricuspid atresia, ventricular septal defect and severe pulmonary stenosis had underwent a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt on the 7th day of life.
Introduction Progressive stenosis and acute thrombosis, months to years after surgical creation, are the most known complications of the modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (1, 2).
 
 
 
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