JACC: Case Reports (May 2024)

Intravascular Lithotripsy in an Adult With Fontan Pathway Obstruction

  • Santiago F. Galeano-Lovera, MD,
  • Peter Pollak, MD,
  • Sabrina Phillips, MD,
  • Carolyn Gonzalez, APRN,
  • Allison K. Cabalka, MD,
  • Katia Bravo-Jaimes, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 9
p. 102296

Abstract

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Fontan pathway obstruction is a potentially serious complication characterized by an anatomical or functional narrowing anywhere in the cavo-pulmonary pathways. Here, we report the first case in the literature where an innovative Fontan conduit rehabilitation procedure with intravascular lithotripsy was used achieving a dramatic increase in the pathway size.

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