Transcatheter recanalization of the left main pulmonary artery after four years of complete occlusion.
A technique for transcatheter "reconstruction" of a completely occluded left pulmonary artery using radiofrequency perforation with subsequent balloon dilation and stent implantation is reported in a 7-year-old child. It is shown that transcatheter radiofrequency perforation can still be effective years after the occlusion of a vessel.
Fink
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Peuster
M
M
Bertram
H
H
Hausdorf
G
G
D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014654:Vascular Patency