Assertion: taussig shunt | /r/HasProperty | palliative procedure
Facets:
value: during initial staged repair of hypoplastic
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Blalock-Taussig shunt, also known as Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt, is a palliative procedure designed to increase pulmonary arterial blood flow in patients with right ventricular outflow tract obstruction (e.g. tetralogy of Fallot) or during initial staged repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome.