Intravascular stenting of systemic venous baffle stenosis after corrective surgery for double outlet right ventricle with left isomerism
- aFirst Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, 2–2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565–0871, Japan, bDepartment of Pediatrics, Osaka University Medical School
- Dr Matsuda.
- Accepted 29 July 1998
Abstract
A 14 year old girl with double outlet right ventricle, left isomerism, and complicated atrial anatomy had undergone corrective surgery with intra-atrial rerouting at 5 years of age. Cardiac catheterisation eight years after the surgery showed that she had two systemic venous baffle stenoses: between the hepatic vein and caval vein, and the caval vein and right atrium. Two Palmaz stents were successfully implanted percutaneously through a long sheath and a balloon catheter. The stenoses were relieved immediately and her symptoms quickly disappeared.
