TRAUMATIC AORTOPULMONARY WINDOW AS A COMPLICATION OF PULMONARY-ARTERYBALLOON ANGIOPLASTY - TRANSCATHETER OCCLUSION WITH A COVERED STENT - A CASE-REPORT

We describe a case in which pulmonary artery balloon angioplasty was c omplicated by formation of an aortopulmonary window, a previously unre ported complication associated with this technique. A novel transcathe ter approach for occluding the defect, a covered stent, was utilized. Deployment of the covered stent significantly reduced the shunt, allow ed for clinical stabilization, and averted the need for emergency surg ical intervention. (C) 1994 Wiley-Liss, Inc.