Stenting right ventricular outflow in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot and well-developed pulmonary arteries

Pediatr Cardiol. 2013 Feb;34(2):438-40. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0282-z. Epub 2012 Apr 4.

Abstract

A right ventricular outflow tract stent was implanted in a 1-month-old (3.5 kg) baby boy with tetralogy of Fallot and worsening cyanosis to relieve infundibular and pulmonary valve stenosis in the setting of well-developed pulmonary artery branches. This management allowed a symmetric and optimal growth of the pulmonary artery branches, with right and left pulmonary arteries measuring 7-mm (z-score, +1.3 SD) and 7.3-mm (z-score, +1.7 SD), respectively, 3 months after stent implantation. No signs of pulmonary overcirculation developed, and complete surgical repair was performed at the age of 6 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Echocardiography
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Ventricles / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Stents*
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / diagnostic imaging
  • Tetralogy of Fallot / surgery*