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Ductal stenting using side‐branch cell dilation for aortic coarctation in high‐risk patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Author(s) -
Kitano Masataka,
Yazaki Satoshi,
Kagisaki Koji
Publication year - 2016
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.26105
Subject(s) - hypoplastic left heart syndrome , medicine , cardiology , coarctation of the aorta , constriction , pulmonary artery banding , aorta , norwood procedure , dilation (metric space) , aortic arch , surgery , pulmonary artery , heart disease , mathematics , combinatorics
For high‐risk neonates with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) undergoing Norwood operation, the strategy of bilateral pulmonary artery banding and ductal stenting is risky in case of coarctation of the aorta (CoA), often resulting in death. Therefore, we devised a new method of ductal stenting with side‐branch cell dilation, which could overcome the constriction of the ductal arch with CoA in two HLHS patients. This is the first report that presents this method and the results. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.