Blalock-Taussig operation

Blalock-Taussig operation definition - medical

Blalock-Taussig operation

noun
Surgical anastomosis of a subclavian artery to a pulmonary artery in order to direct blood from the systemic circulation to the lungs in cases of congenital malformations of the heart in which an abnormally small volume of blood passes through the pulmonary circuit.

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