Open-chest epicardial approach to transcatheter pulmonary artery stenting following heart transplantation in an infant.
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.
Gudausky
Todd M
TM
Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039, USA.
Pearl
Jeffrey
J
Dent
Catherine L
CL
Kim
Edward
E
Divanovic
Allison
A
Spicer
Robert L
RL
Beekman
Robert H
RH
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