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Partially unroofed coronary sinus in an infant with pulmonary vein stenosis: mixed blessing.

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Transcatheter intervention on the pulmonary vein often requires performing transseptal puncture, which is a risky procedure. We describe a rare association of a partially unroofed coronary sinus with pulmonary vein… Click to show full abstract

Transcatheter intervention on the pulmonary vein often requires performing transseptal puncture, which is a risky procedure. We describe a rare association of a partially unroofed coronary sinus with pulmonary vein stenosis causing desaturation in a young infant where the presence of the unroofed coronary sinus allowed for a novel interventional approach to the stenotic left pulmonary vein, avoiding the high risk of transseptal puncture.

Keywords: coronary sinus; unroofed coronary; pulmonary vein; partially unroofed

Journal Title: Cardiology in the young
Year Published: 2022

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