## Abstract Patients with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) usually present critically ill and continue to be extremely challenging with presurgical stabilization. We present an extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)βdependent neonate with obstructed TAPVC that was
Stent implantation as a stabilization technique in supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
β Scribed by Adrienne Kilgore; Victor Lucas; Tyrone Collins; Christopher S. Snyder
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 68
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-1946
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β¦ Synopsis
A 6-week-old male presented in-extremis with obstructed supra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. Balloon dilation and stent implantation in the stenotic segment of the vertical vein relieved the obstruction until the patient was stable enough to undergo surgical repair. An unusual form of extrinsic vertical vein compression was found at surgery. ' 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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