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Shunt reduction to pulmonary arteriovenous malformations using a modified covered stent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2012

I. Ricardo Argueta-Morales
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Heart Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
Robyn M. Hathaway
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization, The Heart Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
David G. Nykanen*
Affiliation:
Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization, The Heart Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: Dr D. G. Nykanen, MD, Pediatric Cardiac Catheterization, The Heart Center, Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children, 50 West Sturtevant Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, United States of America. Tel: +1 321 843 3294; Fax: +1 321 841 4260; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in patients with congenital heart disease have been associated with interruption of hepatic venous return to the lungs. We report a novel technique to improve systemic saturation using a modified covered stent in a patient with unilateral left pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in the setting of a Fontan circulation.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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