Electrolytically detachable coils for closure of a modified baffle fenestration in patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).
Today total cavopulmonary connection (TCPC) is the treatment of choice for long term palliation of patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). We report a new, relatively simple and effective method to occlude a modified baffle (TCPC) fenestration via the left hepatic vein in two patients with HLHS with the use of electrolytically detachable platinum microcoils after a failed tourniquet closure.
Gundel
Florian
F
Liebig
Thomas
T
Eicken
Andreas
A
Sebening
Walter
W
Hess
John
J
D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D018729:Fontan Procedure / Q000379:methods*; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D018636:Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D010984:Platinum
D010984:Platinum