GRADUAL ANGIOPLASTY AND STENT IMPLANTATION TO TREAT COMPLETE SUPERIORVENA-CAVA OCCLUSION AFTER MUSTARD PROCEDURE

Authors
SCHRANZ D MICHELBEHNKE I SCHMID FX OELERT H
Citation
D. Schranz et al., GRADUAL ANGIOPLASTY AND STENT IMPLANTATION TO TREAT COMPLETE SUPERIORVENA-CAVA OCCLUSION AFTER MUSTARD PROCEDURE, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 38(1), 1996, pp. 87-90
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
87 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)38:1<87:GAASIT>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
A 16-year-old male was admitted with complete occlusion of the superio r vena cava pathway 14 years after Mustard procedure for transposition of the great arteries. From a left subclavian vein approach, the atre tic vein segment was perforated using a straight guidewire, and was fo llowed by sequential balloon dilation. Implantation of a 30 mm Palmaz- stent through a femoral vein approach resulted in a widely patent chan nel of the vena cava superior into the systemic venous atrium. (C) 199 6 Wiley-Liss, Inc.