[HTML][HTML] Spontaneous expectoration of a Blalock-Taussig shunt a decade after operation

SS Kothari, MK Murugan… - Annals of Pediatric …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
An eleven-year-old boy expectorated a foreign body in cough that was identified as the
prosthetic graft used for a Blalock-Taussig shunt. The shunt procedure was done 10 years …

Hemoptysis in a teenager with congenital heart disease

N Rumman, S Berger, A Rao - Pediatric cardiology, 2011 - Springer
Discussion Several cases of prosthetic grafts have been reported to erode into adjacent
organs. Vascular grafts have eroded into other structures and caused serious complications …