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SUBMITTER: Bastiany A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7063610 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bastiany Alexandra A Kasongo-Mukombula Adolphe A Chartrand-Lefebvre Carl C Potvin Jeannot J Masson Jean-Bernard JB
CJC open 20190315 3
Partial anomaly of the pulmonary venous return is a rare congenital condition treated with surgical redirection of the blood flow through the creation of a conduit to the left atrium. We report the case of a stenotic pulmonary vein to left atrium conduit successfully treated with the implantation of a drug-eluting stent. Pulmonary vein or conduit stenosis is generally treated with balloon dilation or bare-metal stent but is often met with underwhelming outcomes. Given the successful outcome of t ...[more]