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A neonate with Ebstein’s anomaly presented with severe cyanosis because of massive right-to-left shunt through an atrial septal defect and reduced blood flow through an unobstructed right ventricular outflow tract. This atypical patient underwent a right modified Blalock–Taussig shunt, which resolved the respiratory .
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Endo, M., Sawamura, Y., Saiki, Y. et al. Blalock–Taussig Shunt for a Neonatal Case of Ebstein’s Anomaly with Unobstructed Right Ventricular Outflow Tract . Pediatr Cardiol 25, 56–57 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-003-0382-x
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