Preoperative balloon dilatation of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a neonate

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Jan;61(1):128-30. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10718.

Abstract

Prompt recognition and early surgical correction are mandatory in neonates presenting with obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). Preoperative balloon angioplasty of obstructed TAPVC in a sick neonate is rarely reported. We describe successful short-term palliation with balloon angioplasty of a critically ill neonate with obstructed supracardiac TAPVC.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acinetobacter Infections / etiology
  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiovascular Abnormalities / therapy*
  • Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects
  • Catheterization / methods*
  • Critical Illness
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Palliative Care / methods*
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Radiography
  • Sepsis / etiology