title: Revascularization of a thrombosed aortopulmonary shunt with the use of the AngioJet thrombectomy system.
abstract: We report the use of the AngioJet F140 rheolytic catheter to recannalize an acutely thrombosed aortopulmonary shunt in a 21-year-old female with palliated, complex congenital heart disease. After extracting the thrombus that filled the entire length of the shunt, three stents were placed at sites where the lumen was compromised by distortion or thrombus. Unobstructed flow was restored to the left pulmonary artery that persisted at 1-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Barbara Bush Children's Hospital, Portland, Maine, USA. donnejo@mmc.org
authors.forename: Jon P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta; D005260:Female; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*