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Daniel Tanase1, Stanimir Georgiev1, Andreas Eicken1
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
Abstract:
We report on two patients who received a transcatheter cavopulmonary connection by a needle puncture under deep conscious sedation. In both patients, the vessel-to-vessel connection was achieved by a venous access into the superior caval vein and direct needle puncture of the pulmonary artery. The two cavopulmonary anastomoses were held open by a covered stent and a bare-metal stent, respectively.
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