Abstract
After its successful introduction in 1982 for the treatment of congenital heart lesions, percutaneous balloon dilatation has been applied to many stenotic lesions found in preoperative and postoperative congenital heart disease.1,2 There have been rare reports of this technique's application to surgical aortopulmonary connection with varying results. Fischer et al3 described successful dilatation of a Blalock-Taussig anastomosis, and Gibbs et al4 described balloon dilatation of a Waterston anastomosis after which pulmonary edema developed and the patient died 12 hours after the procedure. A recent case report of long-term follow-up after initially successful balloon dilatation of a variant of a Blalock-Taussig shunt documented late remodeling at the angioplasty site and distal pulmonary hypertension.5 We describe the successful long-term outcome after balloon dilatation of a stenotic Waterston anastomosis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 821-822 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | The American journal of cardiology |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 15 1991 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine