title: Hybrid transcatheter--surgical approach in complex pulmonary artery stenosis due to arterial tortuosity syndrome.
abstract: Arterial tortuosity syndrome is a connective tissue disorder characterized by elongation and tortuosity of large elastic arteries, potentially resulting in multiple vascular stenoses. This paper reports a novel hybrid strategy to treat 'complex' bilateral peripheral pulmonary artery stenoses consisting of transcatheter stent implantation via midline sternotomy and reductive angioplasty of the proximal pulmonary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy. santoropino@tin.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caianiello
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Palladino
authors.forename: Gianpiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gaio
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrozza
authors.forename: Maria Giovanna
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Calabrò
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures