Not that atretic: Use of an atretic femoral vein for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation

R Allen Ligon; Christopher J Petit

doi:10.1002/ccd.26687

Not that atretic: Use of an atretic femoral vein for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Feb 1;89(2):321-323. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26687. Epub 2016 Aug 12.

Authors

R Allen Ligon¹, Christopher J Petit¹

Affiliation

¹ Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

PMID: 27516338
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.26687

Abstract

We report a case of a child with congenital heart disease who presented with critical right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and a history of bilateral femoral vein occlusion. He underwent successful right ventricular outflow tract intervention, culminating in transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation, after recanalization of a completely obstructed femoral vein. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Keywords: Melody; pulmonary valve; venous obstruction.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Catheterization, Peripheral / methods*
Child
Femoral Vein* / diagnostic imaging
Femoral Vein* / physiopathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Heart Valve Prosthesis
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Male
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / complications
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / physiopathology
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / therapy*
Phlebography
Pulmonary Valve* / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Valve* / physiopathology
Punctures
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Patency