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First experience with a new drug-eluting balloon for the treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis in a neonate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2010

Goetz Christoph Mueller*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Ali Dodge-Khatami
Affiliation:
Department of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jochen Weil
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
*
Correspondence to: G. C. Mueller, MD, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246, Hamburg/Germany. Tel: +49 (0)40 7410-53718; Fax: +49 (0)40 7410-53730; E-mail: go.mueller@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Abstract

Paclitaxel-eluting balloons are a new and innovative method in the treatment of in-stent stenosis and small vessel disease in adult cardiac pathology. The treatment of congenital pulmonary vein stenosis is difficult to manage, and results in a high mortality rate due to residual or recurrent stenosis. We report the first case of treatment for neonatal pulmonary vein restenosis with a paclitaxel-eluting balloon.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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