"Taking in the waist": adjusting the size of a stented fontan fenestration.
Early spontaneous closure of a fenestration following Fontan palliation may complicate the postoperative management of such patients. The creation of a fenestration in the catheterization laboratory with an intravascular stent may improve these patients' hemodynamic status. The aim of this study is to present a new technique to reduce the diameter of stented Fontan fenestrations in those patients in whom the stent diameter is functionally made too large.
Torres
Alejandro J
AJ
Pediatric Cardiovascular Center, Children's Hospital of New York-Presbyterian, New York, New York 10032-5704, USA. ajtorres@mac.com
Hellenbrand
William E
WE
Pass
Robert H
RH
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D019233:Retreatment / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents