Treatment of pulmonary vein stenosis with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Feb 1;75(2):263-7. doi: 10.1002/ccd.22240.

Abstract

Atrium expanded polytetrafluoroethylene covered stents were implanted in the stenotic pulmonary veins (n = 5) of three patients. Use of this device was feasible in infants and the procedure was well-tolerated without major complications. The majority (4/5) of covered stents remained patent for at least 3 months after implantation. Stents remain patent in the two surviving patients 6 months after deployment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Phlebography
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Patency

Substances

  • Polytetrafluoroethylene