[Migration of a stent implanted in the pulmonary artery of a patient with tetralogy of Fallot].

Abstract

Tetralogy of Fallot is a congenital heart disease that accounts for 11-13% of the congenital cardiomyopathies. Stenosis and hyperplasia of the pulmonary arteries occur in a high proportion of them as this disease causes a native stenosis of the pulmonary branch, which can be surgically repaired with a stent. The use of balloon expandable intravascular stents is an alternative technique to further surgery in patients with congenital heart diseases. However, despite the gradual increase in their use, the limited number of procedures, combined with the wide anatomical variability and different characteristics of these patients, even in expert hands, stent implants are associated with a not inconsiderable incidence of complications. These are not always obvious and often require performing surgery in patients who have already had multiple interventions, thus increasing the complexity and the risk.

• Authors: M A Palomero Rodríguez, M Gabaldón Rivilla, D Cabestrero Alonso, C Gonzalez Cibrián, C Abelleira Pardeiro, T Centella Hernánez, R Collado Gutierrez, M S Asuero de Lis, R Gómez González
• Journal: Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion (Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim) Vol. 61 Issue 5 Pg. 281-3 (May 2014) ISSN: 2340-3284 [Electronic] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Migración de stent implantado en la arteria pulmonar en un paciente con tetralogía de Fallot.
• PMID: 23768744 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2013 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor. Published by Elsevier España. All rights reserved.

Topics

• Angioplasty, Balloon
• Arterial Occlusive Diseases (etiology, therapy)
• Balanced Anesthesia
• Bioprosthesis
• Child
• Constriction, Pathologic
• Device Removal
• Foreign-Body Migration (surgery)
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
• Humans
• Male
• Pacemaker, Artificial
• Postoperative Complications (therapy)
• Pulmonary Artery (pathology, surgery)
• Pulmonary Valve Stenosis (surgery)
• Stents (adverse effects)
• Tetralogy of Fallot (complications, surgery)
• Ventricular Outflow Obstruction (etiology, surgery)