title: Transcatheter closure of native pulmonary artery for the elimination of accessory pulmonary blood flow after bidirectional Glenn shunt.
abstract: We report a case where excessive accessory pulmonary blood flow via the native pulmonary valve after cavopulmonary anastomosis resulted in pulmonary hypertension and heart failure. This flow was successfully eliminated in the cardiac catheterization laboratory using an Amplazter duct occluder that was placed across the native pulmonary valve.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi.
authors.forename: Anil Sivadasan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Radha
authors.forename: Bhava R J
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Raman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Krishna Kumar
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D018610:Heart Bypass, Right / Q000009:adverse effects; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D012086:Reoperation