Transcatheter recanalisation for absent intra-pericardial pulmonary arteries

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 34; no. 5; p. 1161
• Main Authors: Matoq, Amr A, Kernizan, Daphney, Radtke, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01-05-2024
• Subjects: Angiography; Cardiac Catheterization - methods; Female; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Male; Pericardium; Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities; Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Artery - surgery; Stents; unilateral absent pulmonary artery; ductal origin of pulmonary artery; discontinuous pulmonary artery
• ISSN: 1467-1107
• DOI: 10.1017/S1047951124000696

Unilateral absence of intra-pericardial pulmonary artery is a rare congenital malformation. If untreated, it can lead to morbidity and mortality in adulthood. Early intervention and restoration of physiologic pulmonary blood flow is necessary. Transcatheter stenting as initial intervention has been rarely reported. We present transcatheter recanalisation and stenting of the obliterated ductus in two newborns with unilateral absence of intra-pericardial pulmonary artery with cross-sectional imaging, procedural details, angiography, and follow up to surgical repair. We believe that such procedure promotes ipsilateral pulmonary vasculature growth to facilitate unifocalization surgery at a later age.