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Transcatheter closure of a Potts' shunt with subsequent surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot
Author(s) -
Boshoff Derize,
Budts Werner,
Daenen Wim,
Gewillig Marc
Publication year - 2005
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.20247
Subject(s) - tetralogy of fallot , medicine , pulmonary atresia , shunt (medical) , anastomosis , surgery , cardiology , catheter , heart disease
Closure of a Potts' aortopulmonary anastomosis during repair of a congenital heart malformation has been associated with high morbidity and mortality, especially due to technical problems encountered at closure of the shunt. A case is presented of a 40‐year‐old patient with tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary atresia after palliation during infancy with a Potts' shunt. The anastomosis was successfully occluded using an Amplatzer ventricular septal defect occluder, immediately followed by complete surgical repair of his tetralogy of Fallot. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;64:121–123. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.