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11224638

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
Intravascular or intracardiac stenoses occur in many forms of congenital heart disease or after attempted surgical repair. Although balloon dilation is one option for management, restenosis can occur due to elastic recoil immediately after the procedure. To address to such stenotic lesions, many reports support implanting endovascular stents to provide a framework for vessel expansion. Both balloon-expandable fixed tubular mesh stainless steel devices, and self-expandable stents have had an extensive clinical application. In pediatric patients, stents are used for a variety of stenoses, such as systemic venous obstruction pathways (eg, Mustard, Fontan baffle, or bidirectional cavopulmonary connections), pulmonary artery, right ventricular to pulmonary conduits, aortic coarctation, the arterial duct, aorticopulmonary collaterals, or postoperative systemic to pulmonary shunts. Because of improvements in device profile, implantation rates have increased. Complications such as stent fracture, migration, aneurysm formation, and in-stent restenosis occur but only rarely. This latter event may be because of intimal hyperplasia and/or continued vessel (and patient) growth related to the stent diameter. As such, some instances require redilation to manage the acquired lesion. Stent application has importantly altered management algorithms in congenital heart disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0268-4705
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
84-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Intravascular and intracardiac stents used in congenital heart disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, The Variety Club Catheterization Laboratories, The Hospital for Sick Children, The University of Toronto, School of Medicine, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review