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Use of a cutting balloon catheter to dilate resistant stenoses in major aortic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Luc Mertens ,
Jo Dens  and
Marc Gewillig
Jo Dens
Affiliation:
Departments of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

We report the successful use of a cutting-balloon catheter in dilating stenoses in major systemic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries which had been resistant to high pressure balloons. After dilation using the cutting balloon, we implanted stents to produce a marked improvement in both pulmonary blood flow and arterial saturation. The technique provides useful palliation for patients having such stenotic collateral arteries.

Keywords

Tetralogy with pulmonary atresiainterventional catheterisation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 2001 , pp. 574 - 577
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press

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