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Hypoplastic left heart syndrome with intact atrial septum: Levoatriocardinal vein stent placement as a bridge to surgery

Author(s) -

Vance Michael S.

Publication year - 2002

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/ccd.10273

Subject(s) - medicine , hypoplastic left heart syndrome , atrial septum , cardiology , surgery , stent , pulmonary vein , pulmonary edema , vein , heart disease , lung , ablation

Infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, an intact atrial septum and pulmonary venous hypertension, are critically ill and have a poor prognosis. This case describes relief of severe pulmonary edema in such a patient by stent placement in a stenotic levoatriocardinal vein, with subsequent successful surgical palliation. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;57:85–87. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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