scholarly journals Unusual use of a standard percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty balloon catheter to the rescue

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (22) ◽  
pp. 2732-2732
Author(s):  
Marc Vorpahl ◽  
Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz ◽  
Bernhard Zrenner ◽  
Adnan Kastrati ◽  
Albert Schömig
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Balloon Catheter ◽  
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Angioplasty Balloon ◽  
Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Percutaneous Transluminal

Recanalization of an occluded modified Blalock-Taussig shunt by balloon angioplasty within 12 hours of its construction

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 641-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. O. Galal ◽  
K. Attas ◽  
G. Baslaim
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Balloon Angioplasty ◽  
Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
Angioplasty Balloon ◽  
Right Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty ◽  
The Right ◽  
Percutaneous Transluminal ◽  
Blalock Taussig Shunt

AbstractAn infant developed severe desaturation within a few hours of construction of a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt. Echocardiography revealed that the shunt had become occluded, and this was confirmed angiographically. At catheterisation, therefore, we passed a 0.014”percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty wire through the occluded shunt into the right pulmonary artery and then dilated the shunt successfully using a 5 mm coronary angioplasty balloon. Six weeks later, the shunt remained patent.

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