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“Bail-out” stenting for acute obstruction of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt following selective angiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Hideshi Tomita
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
George Hayashi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Shigeyuki Echigo
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Abstract

A 3-year-old boy developed acute obstruction of a left modified Blalock-Taussig shunt following selective power injection of contrast in the shunt. Balloon dilation was ineffective due to rapid recoil of the narrowed segment, but implantation of a stent effectively abolished the obstruction. The obstruction itself may have been produced by an intimal flap caused by the power injection.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press

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