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Transcatheter closure of large persistent left superior vena cava causing cyanosis in two patients post‐Fontan operation utilizing the Gianturco Grifka vascular occlusion device
Author(s) -
Recto Michael R.,
Elbl Francisco,
Austin Erle
Publication year - 2001
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.1190
Subject(s) - medicine , fontan procedure , occlusion , surgery , congenital disease , cardiac catheterisation , superior vena cava , cardiac catheterization , cardiology , radiology , heart disease
We report the successful transcatheter closure of a large persistent left superior vena cava draining into the pulmonary venous circulation causing cyanosis in two patients who had previously undergone the Fontan operation utilizing the Gianturco Grifka vascular occlusion device. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2001;53:398–404. © 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.