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Transcatheter residual ventricular septal defect closure after Rastelli operation
Author(s) -
Giardini Alessandro,
Donti Andrea,
Gargiulo Gaetano,
Formigari Roberto,
Bonvicini Marco,
Picchio Fernando M.
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.20250
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , pulmonary artery , ventricle , pulmonary artery banding , pulmonary hypertension , cardiac catheterization , ventricular pressure , surgery , blood pressure
We report on a 17‐year‐old patient with a residual ventricular septal defect and a significant pressure gradient across the pulmonary homograft after Rastelli‐type operation. Device closure of the defect was associated with a considerable reduction of right ventricular hypertension and of the pressure gradient across the right ventricle‐to‐pulmonary artery conduit. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2005;64:209–212. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.