A custom‐made percutaneous flow‐restrictor to manage a symptomatic congenital porto‐systemic shunt in an infant
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DOI: 10.1002/ccd.27634
Abstract: Portosystemic shunts allow splanchnic blood to bypass the liver unfiltered, and may cause serious pulmonary and cerebral dysfunction; closure is therefore recommended. In patients where the portal system is hypoplastic, closure by a staged approach… read more here.
Keywords: restrictor manage; percutaneous flow; made percutaneous; custom made ... See more keywords
Utility of the Medtronic microvascular plug™ as a transcatheter implantable and explantable pulmonary artery flow restrictor in a swine model
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DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28162
Abstract: A surgical pulmonary artery band (PAB) is used to control excessive pulmonary blood flow for certain congenital heart diseases. Previous attempts have been made to develop a transcatheter, implantable pulmonary flow restrictor (PFR) without great… read more here.
Keywords: microvascular plug; transcatheter implantable; pulmonary artery; flow restrictor ... See more keywords