Staged rehabilitation of ductal origin of the left pulmonary artery in an infant Fallot's tetralogy.
Isolation of a branch pulmonary artery from ductal closure is an unusual finding in patients with tetralogy of Fallot. A case report of a newborn is presented where the closing arterial duct was balloon-dilated and stented to reestablish blood supply to the affected lung as a strategy of improving systemic saturations and promoting the growth of the hiliar branch pulmonary artery. Five months after the initial palliation, complete surgical repair with stent removal was successfully achieved.
Peirone
Alejandro
A
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Lee
Kyong-Jin
KJ
Yoo
Shi-Joon
SJ
Musewe
Norman
N
Smallhorn
Jeffrey
J
Benson
Lee
L
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D021721:Balloon Occlusion / Q000379:methods; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome