| Stenting the patent arterial duct to increase pulmonary blood flow. | |
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PMID: 16521642 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Use of surgically created aoropulmonary shunt is well-established for improving pulmonary blood flow in infants with critical reduction in pulmonary blood flow. Recently, stenting the patent ductus arteriosus has emerged as an alternative in selected infants with congenital heart disease and reduced pulmonary blood flow. METHODS AND RESULTS: We reviewed records of consecutive infants undergoing stenting of patent ductus arteriosus between August 2003 and October 2005 at our institution. Two of 12 patients underwent patent ductus arteriosus stenting to facilitate preparation of left ventricle for transposition with intact septum. We report the case selection, technique, immediate and short-term follow-up outcome in the remaining 10 patients [median age: 16 days (range 4-290 days): weight 2.7 kg (range 2-6 kg)] with reduced pulmonary blood flow who underwent stenting of patent ductus arteriosus as an alternative to conventional surgical aortopulmonary shunts. Five of the 6 newborns were prostaglandin-dependent and 4 had previously undergone guidewire perforation of the pulmonary valve (n=2) or balloon dilation (n=2). Successful stent implantation was accomplished in all with no major patient-related complication (median fluoroscopy time: 18.6 min; range: 7.7-72 min). The intensive care unit and hospital stays were prolonged in 3 patients because of sepsis (n=2) and pulmonary over-circulation with sepsis (n=1). On follow-up (median 5.5 months; range 1-19 months) all implanted stents were patent. One patient underwent re-dilation of the implanted stent for declining saturations. CONCLUSIONS: The immediate and short-term follow-up results of stenting of the patent arterial duct, as an alternative to the surgical aortopulmonary shunt in carefully selected newborns and infants is encouraging. |
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Authors:
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Kappanayil Mahesh; Bhava R J Kannan; Balu Vaidyanathan; Prakash Kamath; Sivadasan R Anil; Raman Krishna Kumar |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Indian heart journal Volume: 57 ISSN: 0019-4832 ISO Abbreviation: Indian Heart J Publication Date: 2005 Nov-Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-03-08 Completed Date: 2006-04-13 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0374675 Medline TA: Indian Heart J Country: India |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 704-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Cardiology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi. |
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Blood Flow Velocity Child, Preschool Cohort Studies Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / diagnosis, therapy* Female Follow-Up Studies Heart Catheterization / instrumentation, methods Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis, therapy Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Male Pulmonary Circulation / physiology* Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Stents* Treatment Outcome |
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