Traumatic aortopulmonary window as a complication of pulmonary artery balloon angioplasty: transcatheter occlusion with a covered stent. A case report

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1994 Apr;31(4):286-9. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810310408.

Abstract

We describe a case in which pulmonary artery balloon angioplasty was complicated by formation of an aortopulmonary window, a previously unreported complication associated with this technique. A novel transcatheter approach for occluding the defect, a covered stent, was utilized. Deployment of the covered stent significantly reduced the shunt, allowed for clinical stabilization, and averted the need for emergency surgical intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Aorta / injuries*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / diagnostic imaging*
  • Arterio-Arterial Fistula / therapy
  • Child
  • Cineangiography
  • Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
  • Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / injuries*
  • Stents
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Transposition of Great Vessels / surgery*