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Histopathological follow-up after bailout stenting for early postoperative stenosis of a central aorto-pulmonary shunt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 April 2005

Matthias Peuster ,
Peter Wohlsein  and
Christian von Schnakenburg
Matthias Peuster
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
Peter Wohlsein
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Christian von Schnakenburg
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Georg-August University, Goettingen, Germany
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Abstract

We treated a neonate with pulmonary atresia and a ventricular septal defect complicated by straddling of the atrioventricular valves by constructing a central aorto-pulmonary shunt. The postoperative course was complicated by obstruction of the shunt, which was treated by implantation of a coronary stent. Six months after the stenting, a Glenn anastomosis was created and the stented shunt removed. Analysis showed that the shunt was completely covered by a vascularized neointima. The stent had not produced injury to the shunt, with struts of the stent covered nicely by neoendothelium, with sparse inflammation surrounding the artificial implants.

Keywords

Aorto-pulmonary shunthypoxemiathrombosisinflammation
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2003 , pp. 197 - 199
Copyright
© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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