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Endovascular stent implantation to relieve extrinsic right pulmonary artery compression due to an enlarged neoaorta
Author(s) -
Hashmi Aijaz,
Benson Lee N.,
Nykanen David
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199904)46:4<430::aid-ccd8>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary atresia , ascending aorta , stent , right pulmonary artery , cardiology , pulmonary artery , aorta , balloon , surgery , left pulmonary artery , cardiac catheterization , radiology
This case report describes extrinsic compression of the right pulmonary artery, following aortic reconstructive surgery, to create a neo‐ascending aorta in a 5‐year‐old boy with aortic atresia, coarctation of the aorta, and a ventricular septal defect, in an effort to achieve a biventricular circulation (Yasui operation). The obstruction was successfully relieved by transcatheter implantation of a balloon‐expandable stent. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 46:430–433, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.