Superior vena cava thrombectomy with the X-SIZER catheter system in a child with Fontan palliation.
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.
Gossett
Jeffrey G
JG
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0204, USA.
Rocchini
Albert P
AP
Armstrong
Aimee K
AK
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