Stent graft exclusion of a pseudoaneurysm in a Blalock‐Taussig shunt |
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Authors: | Angel Sanchez‐Recalde MD Gonzalo Garzón MD José M Oliver MD |
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Institution: | 1. Unidad de Cardiopatías Congénitas del Adulto, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain;2. Servicio de Radiología, Hospital Universitario La Paz., Madrid, Spain |
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Abstract: | This case is the first report of slow‐growing pseudoaneurysm after vessel dissection secondary to two stents implantation into classic Blalock Taussig shunt in a patient with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. Pseudoaneurysm was successfully excluded by a percutaneous approach with self‐expandable stent graft deployment from the aorta to the middle of the Blalock Taussig shunt. Nearly 3 years after the procedure, the classic BT is patent, and there were no restenosis or thrombosis in spite of the very long length of the stented segment. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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Keywords: | congenital heart disease shunt obstruction pseudoaneurysm stenting |
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