title: Unusual stents in infants with severe congenital heart disease.
abstract: Two infants with severe congenital heart disease requiring intervention are described. Although both required conventional surgical therapy, mitigating circumstances led to catheter intervention for short-term palliation. The feasibility and advisability of such procedures is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Sibley Heart Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. vincentr@kidsheart.com
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Helen J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Diehl
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents; D017725:Ventricular Pressure