Transcatheter management of innominate vein thrombosis prior to bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis.
Innominate vein thrombosis was diagnosed in an 8-months-old infant after stage I surgery for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiac catheterization identified venous collaterals bypassing the innominate vein via the azygous vein. Coil occlusion of the distal azygous vein allowed a subsequent cavopulmonary anastomosis directing collateral flow into the pulmonary bed. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:61-63, 2000.
Lozano
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Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California 94609, USA.
Saba
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Culbertson
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D001401:Azygos Vein; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D007223:Infant; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*