title: Stent graft exclusion of a pseudoaneurysm in a Blalock-Taussig shunt.
abstract: This case is the first report of slow-growing pseudoaneurysm after vessel dissection secondary to two stents implantation into classic Blalock Taussig shunt in a patient with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. Pseudoaneurysm was successfully excluded by a percutaneous approach with self-expandable stent graft deployment from the aorta to the middle of the Blalock Taussig shunt. Nearly 3 years after the procedure, the classic BT is patent, and there were no restenosis or thrombosis in spite of the very long length of the stented segment.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Cardiopatías Congénitas del Adulto, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Paseo de la Castellana 261, Madrid, Spain. asanchezr.hulp@salud.madrid.org
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Recalde
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garzón
authors.forename: José M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oliver
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome