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Use of an Amplatzer vascular occluding device to close a synthetic Blalock–Taussig shunt in an infant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2010

Ben Anderson  and
Gary Sholler
Ben Anderson*
Affiliation:
The Adolph Basser Cardiology Institute, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Gary Sholler
Affiliation:
The Adolph Basser Cardiology Institute, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
*
Correspondence to: Dr Ben Anderson, Adolph Basser Cardiology Institute, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Corner of Hawkesbury Road and Hainsworth Street, Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Tel: +61 2 9845 2345; Fax: +61 2 9845 2163; E-mail: benanderson@uq.edu.au
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Abstract

We describe our experience with the closure of a synthetic Blalock–Taussig shunt using an Amplatzer vascular occluding device placed with the aid an exteriorised guidewire loop in an infant with congenital cardiac disease. The technique used in a neonate and the physiological benefits of this approach are discussed. We highlight the extended use of the Amplatzer vascular plug in this clinical setting and the advantages of using and the exteriorised guidewire loop for its placement.

Keywords

Interventional catheterisationneonatecongenitalheart diseaseheart failure
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 218 - 219
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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