title: Percutaneous coil embolization and balloon-expandable stenting; new treatments in intractable cardiac failure after Fontan procedure: a case report.
abstract: Successful percutaneous coil embolization of aortopulmonary collaterals and balloon-expandable stent implantation of left pulmonary artery stenosis in a child with hypoplastic right heart syndrome were reported, Presently, interventional cardiac catheterization is a very useful treatment strategy in congenital heart diseases unamenable to or inaccessible for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laohaprasitipron
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nana
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sriyoschati
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sriyaphai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hongvisitgul
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents