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To the Editor: The modified Blalock-Taussig operation, now performed by inserting a polytetrafluoroethylene graft between the subclavian and pulmonary arteries, is considered to be the palliative procedure of choice in infants with cyanosis who are less than three months of age. The operation is associated with a low mortality rate, excellent patency, and a low rate of long-term complications^1,2.

We report on a child born with cyanosis in 1983 who had a congenitally corrected L-transposition of the great arteries with a large ventricular septal defect, pulmonary atresia, and a cleft mitral valve with moderate regurgitation. In the first week . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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