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Covered stent repair of a veno-venous cavopulmonary window: a case report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2025

Ye Zhu ,
Alvaro Galindo ,
Humberto Restrepo  and
Abraham Rothman
Ye Zhu
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Alvaro Galindo
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Humberto Restrepo
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Abraham Rothman*
Affiliation:
Children’s Heart Center Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine, Las Vegas, NV, USA
*
Corresponding author: Abraham Rothman; Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

A 69-year-old man had an abnormal intracardiac course of a pacemaker lead. CT angiography demonstrated a window between the right upper pulmonary vein and the superior caval vein. The window was treated with covered stents in the superior caval vein, which was complicated by a chronic pericardial effusion that was treated with a pericardial window 6 months later.

Keywords

Cavopulmonary windowcovered stentveno-venous connection
Type
Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , First View , pp. 1 - 3
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Cambridge University Press

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