title: Successful dilatation of left pulmonary artery stenosis by stent implantation through a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in an infant with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect.
abstract: We successfully implanted a coronary stent via a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt to relieve stenosis of the left pulmonary artery in an infant with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. The placement of a flexible coronary stent via a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt is a safe and feasible catheter intervention for the treatment of infants with hypoplastic pulmonary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Nephrology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine Graduate School of Medical Science, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan. t-tanaka@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kawakita
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamagishi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamaoka
mesh_terms: D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents