Key result
Femoral vein recanalization enables successful TPVI in critical pediatric RVOT obstruction.
Why the study?
Management strategies for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in patients with bilateral femoral vein occlusion are not well described.
Case Report (n=1)
Recanalization of a completely obstructed femoral vein is feasible and can provide access for transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease.
Hypothesis-generating for femoral recanalization enabling pediatric TPVI; prospective data needed before broader adoption.
We report a case of a child with congenital heart disease who presented with critical right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and a history of bilateral femoral vein occlusion. He underwent successful right ventricular outflow tract intervention, culminating in transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation, after recanalization of a completely obstructed femoral vein.
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Ligon et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Congenital heart disease with critical right ventricular outflow tract obstruction and bilateral femoral vein occlusion (n=1). Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation after recanalization of obstructed femoral vein was evaluated on Successful right ventricular outflow tract intervention. Transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation was successfully performed in a child with critical right ventricular outflow tract obstruction after recanalization of a completely obstructed femoral vein.
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