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Recanalization of a discrete atretic right pulmonary artery segment with a new radiofrequency system. |
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| Authors: | Carlos A C Pedra Ronaldo Mont'Alverne Filho Raul S Arrieta Ricardo Tellez Valmir F Fontes |
| Affiliation: | Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, S?o Paulo, Brazil. cacpedra@uol.com.br |
| Abstract: | We describe a case in which a discrete atretic segment of the right pulmonary artery (due to a Blalock-Taussig shunt) was reconstructed using a new radiofrequency system, balloon dilation, and stent implantation in an 18-month-old patient. The shunt was coil-occluded. The technique and applications of this novel approach are discussed. |
| Keywords: | pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum vessel perforation |