Pediheart Podcast #260: Preemptive Stenting Of The LPA During Comprehensive Stage 2 HLHS Repair
Pediheart: Pediatric Cardiology Today
English - July 14, 2023 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 164 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we delve into the world of cardiovascular surgery when we check in with the group from Nationwide Children's Hospital and review a novel approach to managing the dreaded LPA stenosis or hypoplasia in the HLHS patient. Why does the LPA seem to be small or stenosed in this condition and how does a preemptive stent address this? Why can't standard PA plasty be used for this particular indication as is used in TOF/MAPCA's? Does one stent size fit all HLHS patients? These are amongst the many questions posed to the first author of this week's work, cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Sergio Carillo.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2022.11.007