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Use of an Amplatzer ductal occluder to close a persistent left superior caval vein which reopened after a total cavopulmonary anastomosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2006

Marie-Christine Seghaye ,
Uwe Wainwright  and
Götz von Bernuth
Marie-Christine Seghaye
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany
Uwe Wainwright
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany
Götz von Bernuth
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Aachen University of Technology, Aachen, Germany
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Abstract

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A 7-year-old boy developed increasing cyanosis after a total cavopulmonary connection with a 3mm fenestration in the baffle. Catheterisation performed 4 years and 7 months after the operation showed reopening of a left superior caval vein draining into the pulmonary venous atrium. Due to the large size of the left superior caval vein, and the absence of intrinsic stenosis, we chose to use an Amplatzer ductal device to occlude the reopened vein. The procedure was safe and successful.

Keywords

Total cavopulmonary connectionreopening left superior caval veinAmplatzer duct occluder
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 2002 , pp. 81 - 83
Copyright
2002 Cambridge University Press