title: Rotational ablation assisted angioplasty of an obstructed aortopulmonary collateral artery.
abstract: A 15 month old baby girl with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and multiple aortopulmonary collateral arteries underwent rotational ablation assisted balloon angioplasty of a severely stenosed collateral artery that had previously proved undilatable using a high pressure non-compliant balloon angioplasty catheter. It is postulated that the rotablation debulked a fibrotic stricture within the artery to facilitate effective balloon dilatation. Rotational ablation assisted angioplasty may have a role to play in congenital stenotic lesions that are "undilatable".
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital For Sick Children, Glasgow, UK. 1000441.2742@compuserve.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001011:Aorta; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications