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