title: Palliation using a self-expandable stent in a patient with obstructive right-ventricular outflow tract after total correction of tetralogy of Fallot: self-expandable stent in tetralogy of Fallot.
abstract: Total correction of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is typically performed within the first year of life. However, subsequently, right-ventricular dysfunction often progresses by pulmonary stenosis or regurgitation. Although most patients with corrected TOF require additional surgery for right-ventricular outflow tract, intervention could be an alternative to palliative surgery and associated morbidities, especially in children. We describe a palliative application of the self-expandable stent in a patient with pulmonary stenosis after total correction of TOF who lacked a conduit between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Sejong Cardiovascular Institute, Sosabon 2-dong, Sosa-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jin-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Eun-Young
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Jae-Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Baek
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D014694:Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*