Drug-eluting stent for acute Blalock-Taussig shunt thrombosis in a child—case report

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 72 - Trang 1-3 - 2020
Arun Gopalakrishnan1, Bijulal Sasidharan1, Sabarinath Menon2, Kavassery Mahadevan Krishnamoorthy1
1Department of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India
2Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Tóm tắt

Blalock-Taussig shunt (BTS) continues to have a relatively high operative and short-term mortality, even in the current era. We report the use of drug-eluting stent in a child with acute shunt thrombosis, which has not been reported in the literature to date. A 7-month-old boy with double outlet right ventricle, severe pulmonary stenosis, and normally related great arteries underwent BTS placement for cyanotic spells. Ten days after discharge, he presented with shock due to a blocked BTS. He underwent emergency percutaneous revascularization of the shunt with a drug-eluting stent and is doing well at 9 months’ follow-up on dual antiplatelet therapy. Drug-eluting stents may be used in children with BTS thrombosis.

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