European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on January 31, 2006
European Heart Journal 2006 27(14):1684; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi768
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Dysphagia associated with an aneurysm decades after BlalockTaussig anastomosis
1 Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, German Heart Centre Munich, Lazarettstrasse 36, 80636 Munich, Germany
2 Department of Paediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Centre Munich, Technical University Munich, Lazarettstrasse 36, Munich, 80636, Germany
* Corresponding author. Tel:+49 8912184111; fax: +49 8912184123. E-mail address: kostolny@dhm.mhn.de
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A 55-year-old female patient presented with dysphagia and weight loss. The history revealed a diagnosis of Fallot tetralogy (TOF) with right aortic arch. The patient had an original left BlalockTaussig anastomosis (BTA)