TY - JOUR
T1 - "Taking in the waist"
T2 - Adjusting the size of a stented Fontan fenestration
AU - Torres, Alejandro J.
AU - Hellenbrand, William E.
AU - Pass, Robert H.
PY - 2005/4/1
Y1 - 2005/4/1
N2 - Early spontaneous closure of a fenestration following Fontan palliation may complicate the postoperative management of such patients. The creation of a fenestration in the catheterization laboratory with an intravascular stent may improve these patients' hemodynamic status. The aim of this study is to present a new technique to reduce the diameter of stented Fontan fenestrations in those patients in whom the stent diameter is functionally made too large.
AB - Early spontaneous closure of a fenestration following Fontan palliation may complicate the postoperative management of such patients. The creation of a fenestration in the catheterization laboratory with an intravascular stent may improve these patients' hemodynamic status. The aim of this study is to present a new technique to reduce the diameter of stented Fontan fenestrations in those patients in whom the stent diameter is functionally made too large.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.04101.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.04101.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15882158
AN - SCOPUS:18744379746
VL - 18
SP - 119
EP - 124
JO - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
JF - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
SN - 0896-4327
IS - 2
ER -