Multiple and aggressive pulmonary vein transcatheter interventions as bridge to transplantation in primary diffuse pulmonary vein stenosis

Beatrice Bonello, Kalyani R. Trivedi, Alain Fraisse

La Timone, University Children Hospital. University of Chicago.
France and United States

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 86: E190-E193
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.25920

Abstract
Primary diffuse congenital pulmonary vein stenosis (PDPVS) is a severe condition with poor prognosis. No therapeutic strategy has been found to be effective in its management to date. We report the case of a premature child with severe PDPVS who underwent multiple transcatheter interventions as bridge to heart-lung transplantation.

Category
Stenosis or Obstruction of Normal Pulmonary Venous Connections
Catheter-mediated Interventions: Efficacy or Lack of Efficacy
Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Venous Obstruction

Year of Publication: 2015

Age Focus: Pediatric

Article Type: Case Reports or Retrospective Observations in Small Groups of Patients (≤10 patients)

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