Table 4.
Pulmonary Artery Reinterventions After Connection of Nonconfluent Pulmonary Arteries
| Type of Reintervention | Reintervention, No. | |
|---|---|---|
| First | Subsequent | |
| Total patients | 23 | 14 |
| Total procedures | 25 | 25 |
| Procedure | ||
| Transcatheter reinterventions | ||
| PA occlusion recanalization and stenting | 1 | 1 |
| PA stent placementa | 7 | 5 |
| PA angioplasty or stent redilation | 9 | 13 |
| Stenting/redilation of systemic–to-PA shunt | 1 | 3 |
| Surgical reinterventions | ||
| Fontan takedown and PA thrombectomyb | 2 | … |
| Systemic–to-PA shunt placement | 4 | 1 |
| Conversion of BDG to classic Glenn | 1 | … |
| PA interposition graft replaced | … | 1 |
| Augmentation pulmonary arterioplasty | … | 1 |
BDG = bidirectional Glenn; PA = pulmonary artery.
a
Does not include patients who underwent recanalization and stenting as the primary reconnection procedure.
b
In 3 patients who underwent takedown of the Fontan (n = 2) or BDG (n = 1) without a clear problem related to the PA connection, the takedown procedure was not counted as a PA reintervention.