Thulium laser-assisted atrial septal stent placement: first use in fetal hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact atrial septum

Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Mar;53(3):417-418. doi: 10.1002/uog.20161.

Authors

M A Belfort¹, S A Morris², J Espinoza¹, A A Shamshirsaz¹, M Sanz Cortes¹, H Justino², N A Ayres², A M Qureshi²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Fetal Therapy and Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.

PMID: 30353586
DOI: 10.1002/uog.20161

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnostic imaging
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / pathology
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
Humans
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / complications*
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / epidemiology
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / surgery
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Norwood Procedures / methods
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Stents
Thulium / metabolism*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography, Doppler / methods
Ultrasonography, Interventional / instrumentation*
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods

Substances

Thulium