Transcatheter radiofrequency perforation and stent implantation for palliation of pulmonary atresia in a 3060-g infant

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1995 Jan;34(1):42-5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810340311.

Abstract

In a 3060-g infant with fibromuscular pulmonary atresia an open right ventricular outflow tract was created by means of interventional cardiological methods. Following two inadvertent perforations without sequelae or clinical symptoms, radiofrequency perforation and subsequent balloon dilatation were successfully performed. The implantation of a Palmaz iliac stent led to a predictable communication between the right ventricle and pulmonary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Pulmonary Atresia / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Atresia / surgery*
  • Stents