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. 1991 Dec;66(6):463–465. doi: 10.1136/hrt.66.6.463

Successful stenting of a life threatening pulmonary arterial stenosis.

D Mulcahy 1, U Sigwart 1, J Somerville 1
PMCID: PMC1024824  PMID: 1772715

Abstract

A 35 year old woman with multiple pulmonary arterial stenoses and occlusions was admitted with increasingly severe breathlessness. Balloon angioplasty of a life threatening stenosis in a remaining pulmonary artery branch was attempted on two occasions but without success. When a self-expanding stainless steel stent was inserted at the site of stenosis after a further angioplasty acute localised pulmonary oedema developed as blood flow distal to the lesion increased considerably. This was followed by a slow and dramatic improvement in the patient's condition. She no longer required an urgent transplant and resumed an active life.

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