[The dilatation of the residual stenosis due to a Blalock-Taussig anastomosis by percutaneous transluminal angioplasty]

Arq Bras Cardiol. 1992 Sep;59(3):219-21.
[Article in Portuguese]

Abstract

A ten-months-old white infant had undergone surgical modified Blalock-Taussig anastomosis at 2 months of age. An interposition of bovine mammary artery was anastomosed with the right subclavian artery. A satisfactory clinical follow-up after surgery was achieved, until the last three months when cyanotic spells were observed. A new angiographic study showed tricuspid and pulmonary atresia and severe stenosis (+/- 80%) at the anastomosis between the subclavian artery and the bovine mammary tissue. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was successfully performed. An immediate improvement of cyanosis and oxygen saturation were observed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
  • Catheterization* / instrumentation
  • Catheterization* / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / therapy*
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Subclavian Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Subclavian Artery / surgery*
  • Tricuspid Valve / abnormalities
  • Tricuspid Valve / diagnostic imaging