title: Transcatheter radiofrequency perforation and stent implantation for palliation of pulmonary atresia in a 3060-g infant.
abstract: In a 3060-g infant with fibromuscular pulmonary atresia an open right ventricular outflow tract was created by means of interventional cardiological methods. Following two inadvertent perforations without sequelae or clinical symptoms, radiofrequency perforation and subsequent balloon dilatation were successfully performed. The implantation of a Palmaz iliac stent led to a predictable communication between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Mainz, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schranz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Michel-Behnke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oelert
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents