STENTING OF STENOSED AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERALS - A NEW APPROACH TO PALLIATION IN PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH MULTIFOCAL AORTOPULMONARY BLOOD-SUPPLY - ABSTRACTS

Authors
MCLEOD KA BLACKBURN ME GIBBS JL
Citation
Ka. Mcleod et al., STENTING OF STENOSED AORTOPULMONARY COLLATERALS - A NEW APPROACH TO PALLIATION IN PULMONARY ATRESIA WITH MULTIFOCAL AORTOPULMONARY BLOOD-SUPPLY - ABSTRACTS, British Heart Journal, 71(5), 1994, pp. 487-489
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
British Heart Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070769
Volume
71
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
487 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0769(1994)71:5<487:SOSAC->2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
A patient with complex pulmonary atresia and increasing cyanosis due t o stenoses of aortopulmonary collateral vessels improved after implant ation of balloon expandable stents into the stenosed vessels. Stent im plantation may provide an alternative to surgical palliation in this g roup of patients.