SUCCESSFUL BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY OF A COARCTATION IN AN INFANT LESS-THAN-500 G

Authors
SCHAMBERGER MS LABABIDI ZA
Citation
Ms. Schamberger et Za. Lababidi, SUCCESSFUL BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY OF A COARCTATION IN AN INFANT LESS-THAN-500 G, Pediatric cardiology, 19(5), 1998, pp. 418-419
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01720643
Volume
19
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
418 - 419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-0643(1998)19:5<418:SBAOAC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We describe the first successful balloon angioplasty of a coarctation in a 460-g newborn infant with coarctation of the aorta and heart fail ure, A corollary angioplasty catheter was positioned across the coarct ation via a transumbilical approach. The waist of the balloon disappea red on maximal inflation and there was an increase in blood pressure d istal to the coarctation and the clinical status improved. A ductus ar teriosus was ligated 4 days after angioplasty.