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Trans-septal approach for percutaneous closure of infra-diaphragmatic veno-venous collateral in a patient after Fontan palliation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2017

Arka Chatterjee ,
Marc G. Cribbs  and
Mark A. Law
Arka Chatterjee*
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Marc G. Cribbs
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
Mark A. Law
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: A. Chatterjee, MD, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1520 3rd Ave South FOT 907, Birmingham, AL 35294, United States of America. Tel: +1 205 934 7898; Fax: +1 205 934 0973; E-mail: achatterjee@uabmc.edu
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Abstract

In this article, we present a case of a desaturated Fontan patient with an infra-diaphragmatic venous collateral to the pulmonary vein, which was too tortuous to attempt closure at the source. A trans-septal approach was successfully used to close the collateral in a retrograde manner.

Keywords

Systemic venous collateralFontan operationtranscatheter closure
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , September 2017 , pp. 1413 - 1415
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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