title: Stent implantation in a central aorto-pulmonary shunt.
abstract: A 5.5-week-old infant with tricuspid atresia presented with severe hypoxemia not responding to the placement of a central shunt (4 mm polytetrafluorethylene). The infant was taken to the catheterization laboratory, where an AVE stent was successfully implanted in a severe postoperative stenosis, at the pulmonary end of the anastomosis. The oxygen saturation improved significantly, however, the infant died due to renal failure. The post-mortem anatomical findings are shown.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hemodynamics, Hospital de Cruces, Pza. de Cruces s/n, Baracaldo, Vizcaya, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcibar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cabrera
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Martinez
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oñate
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents; D018785:Tricuspid Atresia / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene