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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Aug 2011
Case ReportsEmergency manual systemic-to-pulmonary artery autotransfusion for severe cyanotic spell.
- Shyam S Kothari, Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan, and Akshay K Bisoi.
- Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. kothariss@rediffmail.com
- Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Aug 1;78(2):280-1.
AbstractCyanotic spell is an important complication of tetralogy of Fallot. We report a simple, innovative method that bailed out a patient with life-threatening, refractory cyanotic spell in the catheterization laboratory. Manual autotransfusion of blood from aorta into the pulmonary arteries resulted in significant clinical improvement.Copyright © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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