title: Feasibility and safety of immediate perioperative implantation of intravascular stents in cavopulmonary pathways.
abstract: Fontan-type procedures are widely used for palliation of patients with many forms of a functional univentricular heart. An ideal Fontan circuit should be free of any distortion or stenosis. The use of stents for the treatment of stenotic and hypoplastic vessels is well established in pediatric cardiac practice. We report the successful use of endovascular stents during the immediate postoperative period in patients undergoing cavopulmonary anastomoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walayat
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McArthur
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lilley
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004869:Equipment Safety; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents