The use of a self-expandable stent with a self-expandable stent graft in a Fontan baffle.
Intravascular or intracardiac stenosis occurs in various congenital heart diseases or after surgical repair. Although balloon angioplasty is the first option for relieving stenosis, frequently restenosis occurs because of elastic recoil or kingking component. The use of a self-expandable stent and covered stent in congenital heart disease has been reported for selected cases. In general, they have been performed for coarctation of the aorta or aortic aneurysm. We now report successful implantation of a self-expandable stent with a self-expandable covered stent graft in a case of lateral tunnel dehiscence with stenosis after a Fontan operation.
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Sejong Cardiovascular Center, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea.
Eun Young
EY
Choi
Kyung Suk
KS
Lee
Jin-young
JY
Song
D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006325:Heart Atria; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult