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Use of a self-expanding custom-made stent graft to treat lateral tunnel leak, stenosis, and fenestration in the Fontan pathway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2011

Sucharitha Chadalavada ,
Soodevi Boolkah  and
Benjamin Gregory Smith
Sucharitha Chadalavada*
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
Soodevi Boolkah
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
Benjamin Gregory Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina Children's Hospital, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
*
Correspondence to: S. Chadalavada, Kings College London, 2nd floor, Henrietta Raphael House, Guys Campus, London Bridge SE1 1UL, United Kingdom. Tel: +07899000287; Fax: +02071884556; E-mail: sucharitha.chadalavada@kcl.ac.uk
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Abstract

A 12-year-old girl with hypoplastic right heart, double inlet left ventricle, and transposition of the great arteries had a lateral tunnel Fontan operation 8 years previously. She developed symptoms related to a combination of stenosis in the inferior caval venous pathway, a fenestration, and leak in the lateral tunnel. These were successfully treated with a custom-made stent graft.

Keywords

Stent graftcustom-madeFontan pathway
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , February 2012 , pp. 110 - 112
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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