title: Stenting of the obstructed ductus venosus as emergency and bridging strategy in a very low birth weight infant with infradiaphragmatic total anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
abstract: A very low birth weight neonate (1.2 kg) with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and obstructed infracardiac pulmonary venous drainage was treated by stenting of the ductus venosus via a transjugular approach. With one reintervention to dilate an in-stent stenosis, the palliative stented situation stabilized the patient for as long as three months until definitive surgical correction at a weight of 2 kg. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Barbara E U
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grohmann
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000002:abnormalities; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: cardiac catheterization; congenital heart defect; neonate; palliative treatment