title: Traumatic ascending aortopulmonary window following pulmonary artery stent dilatation: therapy with aortic endovascular stent graft.
abstract: Endovascular stent grafts have become an established therapy in adults for descending thoracic aortic disease. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a hemodynamically significant traumatic aortopulmonary window following angioplasty of pulmonary artery stent. Endovascular stent graft implantation into the ascending aorta was performed to seal off the communication, with dramatic hemodynamic improvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ailawadi
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Peeler
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Dake
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004106:Dilatation; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*