Related Articles Urgent hybrid palliation for interrupted aortic arch in a preterm infant. Cardiol Young. 2018 Feb;28(2):344-346 Authors: Romans RA, Armstrong AK, Aiyagari R Abstract In patients with ductal-dependent CHD, ductal restriction can be life-threatening. We present the use of urgent hybrid palliation involving placement of bilateral pulmonary artery bands and ductus arteriosus stent implantation in a 1.5 kg premature infant with interrupted aortic arch and ductal restriction. PMID: 29110739 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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Related Articles Contralateral Pulmonary Hypertension Following Resuscitation of Unilateral Ductal Origin of a Pulmonary Artery: A Multi-institutional Review. Pediatr Cardiol. 2018 Jan;39(1):71-78 Authors: Agrawal H, Petit CJ, Miro J, Miranda CD, Kenny D, Justino H Abstract In isolated unilateral ductal origin of a pulmonary artery (DOPA), intervention to establish reperfusion of the affected lung without direct re-anastomosis may lead to pulmonary hypertension (PH) in the contralateral lung. Multicenter retrospective review of patients with unilateral DOPA, who underwent palliation with a ductal stent (DS) or Blalock-Taussig (BT) shunt with subsequent development of PH in the contralateral lung, was conducted. Ten patients…
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