Application of Vessel Navigator™ fusion imaging software in a complex transcatheter palliation of Tetralogy of Fallot with pulmonary atresia

Abstract

Extreme pulmonary artery hypoplasia in cyanotic malformations precludes palliative surgeries. When aortopulmonary collaterals (APC) in such patients are also hypoplastic, their unifocalization to create a neopulmonary vasculature is also hampered. Stent angioplasty of the outflow or collateral arteries may reduce hypoxia but is challenging in tortuous and atretic tracts. Fusion imaging overlays anatomical data from computed tomography during adult structural interventions, but its use is not often reported in young children with complex cyanotic malformations. This report shows utility of fusion imaging in pulmonary atresia with extremely hypoplastic pulmonary arteries and stenotic APC to guide stenting of outflow tract and collaterals.

Keywords

• aortopulmonary collaterals
• computed tomography
• pulmonary valve perforation
• right ventricular outflow tract
• stent angioplasty