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A new vascular access route for balloon angioplasty in extremely low birth weight infants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2015

Nao Kanagawa ,
Noboru Inamura  and
Yuji Tominaga
Nao Kanagawa*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi
Noboru Inamura
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Izumi
Yuji Tominaga
Affiliation:
Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan
*
Correspondence to: N. Kanagawa, MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, 840, Murodocho, Izumi, Osaka 594-1101, Japan. Tel: +81 0725 56 1220; E-mail: kanagawa@mch.pref.osaka.jp
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Abstract

In this study, we present the case of an extremely low birth weight infant with severe coarctation of the aorta after ductus ligation. We treated the patient with balloon angioplasty using the descending aorta as a new access route. This method reduced many complications typically observed during the intervention for extremely low birth weight infants, which may expand the available treatment options for extremely low birth weight infants.

Keywords

Extremely low birth weight infantcoarctation of the aortaballoon angioplastyvascular access route
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , March 2016 , pp. 612 - 614
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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