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Major intrahepatic veno-venous fistula after modified Fontan operation treated by transcatheter implantation of Amplatzer septal occluder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Malgorzata Szkutnik
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland
Jacek Bialkowski
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland
Piotr Knapik
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Zabrze, Poland
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Abstract

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Patients with complex congenital cardiac malformations who have been converted to the Fontan circulation with partial exclusion of the hepatic veins may develop progressive cyanosis because of formation of intrahepatic veno-venous malformations. We describe transcatheter closure of a major intrahepatic fistula in such a setting using an Amplatzer septal occluder delivered by the left jugular venous approach in a 5 year old boy.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
2001 Cambridge University Press