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Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis
Author(s) -
Bonello Béatrice,
Trivedi Kalyani R.,
Fraisse Alain
Publication year - 2015
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.25920
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary vein stenosis , stenosis , pulmonary vein , lung transplantation , lung , heart transplantation , vein , transplantation , cardiology , radiology , surgery , ablation
Primary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date. We report the case of a premature child with severe PDPVS who underwent multiple transcatheter interventions as bridge to heart–lung transplantation. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.