title: Transcatheter recanalization of ligated main pulmonary artery.
abstract: A 12.5-year-old boy with tricuspid atresia and quadriplegic cerebral palsy presented with increasing cyanosis after previous palliation with a cavopulmonary shunt and ligation of the main pulmonary artery (MPA). Because of severe physical disabilities he was not considered suitable for Fontan completion. He underwent successful transcatheter stent recanalization of the ligated MPA. This re-established anterograde flow to the pulmonary arteries resulting in marked improvement in saturations.
authors.affiliation: Diana Princess of Wales Children's Hospital Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Vinay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhole
authors.forename: John G C
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stumper
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization; D002648:Child; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008026:Ligation / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome