Stent implantation in surgical cavopulmonary conduit: report of two cases

Arq Bras Cardiol. 2011 Jul;97(1):e4-6. doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2011000900018.
[Article in English, Portuguese, Spanish]

Abstract

Despite advances in Fontan surgery, obstruction in extracardiac ducts may occur and cause clinical deterioration. We report two cases of stent implantation for correction of stenosis in the Fontan surgery. Ascites was a common clinical sign; a patient was protein losing enteropathy. All procedures were angiographically and clinically successful.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ascites / etiology
  • Child
  • Constriction, Pathologic / surgery
  • Female
  • Fontan Procedure / adverse effects*
  • Fontan Procedure / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Protein-Losing Enteropathies / etiology
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery