Palliative Blalock and Taussig Shunts (BT Shunt) is a surgery performed to connect the systemic artery (which carries oxygenated blood to the body from heart) with the pulmonary artery (the artery that carries deoxygenated blood from the right side of heart chamber to the lungs) in infants and children with inadequate pulmonary blood flow regardless of size.
Palliative Blalock and Taussig Shunts BT Shunt surgery is performed to ensure normal blood flow in the infant’s body to manage symptoms associated with heart defects
