Traumatic ascending aortopulmonary window following pulmonary artery stent dilatation: therapy with aortic endovascular stent graft

G Ailawadi; D S Lim; B B Peeler; A H Matsumoto; M D Dake

doi:10.1007/s00246-006-0118-9

Traumatic ascending aortopulmonary window following pulmonary artery stent dilatation: therapy with aortic endovascular stent graft

Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Jul-Aug;28(4):305-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-006-0118-9. Epub 2007 May 25.

Authors

G Ailawadi¹, D S Lim, B B Peeler, A H Matsumoto, M D Dake

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.

PMID: 17530323
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-006-0118-9

Abstract

Endovascular stent grafts have become an established therapy in adults for descending thoracic aortic disease. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a hemodynamically significant traumatic aortopulmonary window following angioplasty of pulmonary artery stent. Endovascular stent graft implantation into the ascending aorta was performed to seal off the communication, with dramatic hemodynamic improvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aortic Diseases / etiology
Aortic Diseases / physiopathology
Aortic Diseases / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Dilatation
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Heart Failure / etiology
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure
Pulmonary Artery*
Retreatment
Stents* / adverse effects
Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery
Vascular Fistula / etiology
Vascular Fistula / physiopathology
Vascular Fistula / surgery*