Thrombosis in modified Blalock‐Taussig‐Thomas shunts (mBTTS) poses a life‐threatening risk for infants with shunt‐dependent congenital heart disease. Although hemodynamics influence thrombosis, the ...

all of whom were followed for more than 3 years after the original shunt surgery. At each annual follow-up visit, the patient was assessed by Folstein Mini Mental State Examination, detailed clinical ...

PATIENTS with cirrhosis and varices often die after esophageal hemorrhage. In a retrospective analysis of the records of 106 patients appearing in the years 1918–1938 only 30 per cent survived ...

In the early days of open heart surgery, a staged repair with palliative aortopulmonary shunts (i.e., Blalock–Taussig shunts and Waterston shunts) prior to intracardiac repair was the rule.

Treatment typically includes medical management at the time of birth to maintain patency of the ductus arteriosus, followed by three palliative procedures: most commonly the Norwood procedure, ...

Britain's biggest broadband provider hasn't always been Britain's best. In previous Which? surveys, BT has often fallen below average. But with improving availability of faster speeds, including ...

Surgery is also called an operation. It is a procedure where a specialist doctor called a surgeon removes or repairs some of the tissue in your body. Normally you have an anaesthetic before you have ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...