Abstract
A 14 year old girl with double outlet right ventricle, left isomerism, and complicated atrial anatomy had undergone corrective surgery with intra-atrial rerouting at 5 years of age. Cardiac catheterisation eight years after the surgery showed that she had two systemic venous baffle stenoses: between the hepatic vein and caval vein, and the caval vein and right atrium. Two Palmaz stents were successfully implanted percutaneously through a long sheath and a balloon catheter. The stenoses were relieved immediately and her symptoms quickly disappeared. Keywords: stents; congenital heart defects; baffle stenoses
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Figure 1 .
(A) Preoperative atrial and caval anatomy. (B) Operative procedures. HAV, hemiazygous vein; HV, hepatic vein; RA, right sided atrium; SVC, superior vena cava.
Figure 2 .
Angiogram before stent implantation. Arrows indicate baffle stenoses.
Figure 3 .
Angiogram after stent implantation.