title: Superior vena cava thrombectomy with the X-SIZER catheter system in a child with Fontan palliation.
abstract: A 4-year-old female with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and Fontan palliation presented with severe neurologic impairment from thrombosis of the superior vena cava (SVC). She underwent successful SVC thrombectomy with the X-SIZER Thrombectomy Catheter System, followed by balloon angioplasty. She demonstrated rapid improvement in her neurologic deficits after the procedure. This represents the first published use of the X-SIZER in a child and its first published use for SVC thrombectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0204, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gossett
authors.forename: Albert P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rocchini
authors.forename: Aimee K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Armstrong
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care; D017131:Thrombectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior