Gadolinium-based balloon angioplasty for pulmonary artery stenosis in an infant with a right isomerism

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Nov;63(3):346-50. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20186.

Abstract

We report here the first described case of utilizing gadolinium-based contrast material as the contrast agent during a catheter intervention treatment for pulmonary artery stenosis. The patient, a male infant with complex heart disease associated with a right isomerism, had a history of severe allergic reaction to iodine-containing contrast agents. A combination of digital subtraction angiography and a gadolinium contrast agent, however, provided us with good-quality images both before and after balloon angioplasty without any associated complications. This method should therefore be considered as an alternative angiographic procedure in children with a high risk of iodine-related allergic complications.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Fontan Procedure
  • Gadolinium
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology*

Substances

  • Gadolinium