title: Transcatheter recanalization of the left main pulmonary artery after four years of complete occlusion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peuster
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bertram
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hausdorf
mesh_terms: 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