title: Open-chest epicardial approach to transcatheter pulmonary artery stenting following heart transplantation in an infant.
abstract: We describe an open-chest epicardial approach to transcatheter pulmonary artery stenting in a critically ill infant following heart transplantation. Technical considerations, indications, and feasibility are discussed. This case provides another example of the value of a "hybrid" approach (combining surgery and interventional cardiology) to complex congenital heart disease.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
authors: Todd M
authors: TM
authors: Gudausky
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Pearl
authors: Catherine L
authors: CL
authors: Dent
authors: Edward
authors: E
authors: Kim
authors: Allison
authors: A
authors: Divanovic
authors: Robert L
authors: RL
authors: Spicer
authors: Robert H
authors: RH
authors: Beekman
mesh_terms: D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents