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Management of post-operative ventilator dependency in an operated case of tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve: a team approach involving cardiac surgeon, cardiologist, intensivist, and radiologist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Abhay Pota*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Garima Biyani
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
Amit Misri
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, India
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Abhay Pota, MBBS, DNB, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Medanta-The Medicity, House no. 347, Sector 47, Gurgaon, Haryana, 122018, India. Tel: 91-8512018784. E-mail: potaabhay07@gmail.com

Abstract

Tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve syndrome is commonly associated with trachea-bronchial anomalies, possibly due to airway compression caused by massively dilated pulmonary arteries secondary to severe pulmonary regurgitation. This airway obstruction may persist post-operatively also. We report a case of an infant who required a series of management strategies including bronchial stenting to manage his obstructive symptoms.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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