Emergent transcatheter relief of bronchus compression by an ectatic ductus arteriosus in a premature neonate: a case report.

J Neonatal Perinatal Med

Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Published: January 2013

A premature infant with tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia and prenatal compression of the left main bronchus by a large and ectatic patent ductus arteriosus is presented. Survival to surgery was accomplished by transcatheter placement of a coronary stent into the left mainstem bronchus.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/NPM-1373013DOI Listing

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