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Blalock and Taussig shunt is done between:

A
Aoa to pulmonary aery
B
Aoa to pulmonary vein
C
Subclan aery to pulmonary aery
D
Subclan vien to aery
High-Yield Explanation
Blalock Taussig shunt is done between subclan aery and pulmonary aery. It is a palliative surgical procedure done in patients with TOF. In this procedure, a systemic aery is anastomosed with pulmonary aery, which inturn increase the pulmonary blood flow and increase the amount of oxygenated blood reaching the systemic circulation. Ref: Essential Pediatrics, 6th Edition By O P Ghai, Page 409.

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