title: Transcatheter closure of a Potts' shunt with subsequent surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot.
abstract: Closure of a Potts' aortopulmonary anastomosis during repair of a congenital heart malformation has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially due to technical problems encountered at closure of the shunt. A case is presented of a 40-year-old patient with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia after palliation during infancy with a Potts' shunt. The anastomosis was successfully occluded using an Amplatzer ventricular septal defect occluder, immediately followed by complete surgical repair of his tetralogy of Fallot.
authors.affiliation: Congenital Heart Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Derize
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boshoff
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Daenen
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gewillig
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001166:Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*