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Haemoptysis in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot: a combined surgical and interventional approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 May 2005

W. Budts ,
P. Moons  and
M. Gewillig
W. Budts
Affiliation:
Division of Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
P. Moons
Affiliation:
Division of Congenital Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
M. Gewillig
Affiliation:
Division of Paediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
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Abstract

Haemoptysis may occur in patients with tetralogy of Fallot and major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries. We describe such a patient in whom bleeding from a major aorto-pulmonary collateral artery produced severe pulmonary haemorrhage. Interventional closure of the artery could not be performed because it perfused the native pulmonary arteries. Instead, we inserted a conduit between the right ventricle and the native pulmonary arteries, followed by percutaneous closure of the collateral artery. Our patient demonstrates the increasing necessity for combined surgical and interventional procedures.

Keywords

Major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteryinterventional cardiologyAmplatzer devicemultidisciplinary

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Brief Report
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 13 , Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp. 571 - 573
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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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