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Stent therapy for acute and chronic obstructions in extracardiac Fontan conduits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Narayanswami Sreeram ,
Mathias Emmel  and
Gerardus Bennink
Narayanswami Sreeram*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Mathias Emmel
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Gerardus Bennink
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
*
Correspondence to: Dr N. Sreeram, MD, PhD, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpenerstrasse 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany. Tel: +49 221 478 32517; Fax: +49 221 478 32515; E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We describe transcatheter therapy for early onset occlusion or stenoses of extracardiac conduits in three children who had undergone Fontan completion. Successful stent implantation was associated with complete resolution of symptoms.

Keywords

Fontanextracardiac conduitstents
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 766 - 768
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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