Transcatheter recanalization of the left main pulmonary artery after four years of complete occlusion. |
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| Authors: | C Fink M Peuster H Bertram G Hausdorf |
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| Institution: | Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | A technique for transcatheter "reconstruction" of a completely occluded left pulmonary artery using radiofrequency perforation with subsequent balloon dilation and stent implantation is reported in a 7-year-old child. It is shown that transcatheter radiofrequency perforation can still be effective years after the occlusion of a vessel. |
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| Keywords: | radiofrequency perforation recanalization reperfusion endovascular stent pulmonary vasculature |
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