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Stent implantation to create interatrial communications in patients with complex congenital heart disease
C A Pedra1, J Pihkala, L N Benson
1Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract:
A restrictive interatrial communication can complicate the management of complex congenital heart disease. The purpose of this report is to present a new technique to achieve a patent and reliable interatrial communication by using an endovascular stent. A stent was successfully implanted across a fenestrated extracardiac conduit in two patients with low cardiac output after Fontan operations and across the interatrial septum in a patient with double inlet left ventricle and severe left atrioventricular stenosis. The procedures were uncomplicated and all patients showed immediate hemodynamic improvement. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:310-313, 1999.