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Innovative Use of Interventional Hardware in Surgical Embolectomy in Small Infants
Sowmya Ramanan1, Pradeep K Kizhakke2, Aarimuthuswamy Arounassalam2
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Frontier Lifeline Hospital and Dr. K.M. Cherian Heart Foundation, Chennai, India drsowmyavr@yahoo.co.in.
World Journal for Pediatric & Congenital Heart Surgery
|October 16, 2015
Abstract:
Surgical embolectomy for thrombosis and ischemia following femoral arterial cannulation in small infants is rare. The nonavailability of embolectomy balloons in small sizes and the small size of the native vessels pose a challenge in repair. We describe the use of a coronary angioplasty balloon for the purpose of embolectomy in a 2.5-kg infant with femoral arterial occlusion and limb ischemia.

