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. 2024 Mar;45(3):695-698.
doi: 10.1007/s00246-024-03405-z. Epub 2024 Feb 2.

Stent Implantation Across the Atrial Flow Regulator Device

Enrico Piccinelli  1   2 , Fausto Frazzetto  1   3 , Mara Pilati  1 , Gianfranco Butera  4   5
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Stent Implantation Across the Atrial Flow Regulator Device

Enrico Piccinelli et al. Pediatr Cardiol. 2024 Mar.

Abstract

The Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) is a self-expandable double-disc device with a central fenestration, intended to maintain a calibrated communication across the interatrial septum. We reported for the first time a stent implantation across an AFR device in an adolescent born with complex congenital heart disease with duct-dependent systemic circulation and severe combined pulmonary hypertension.

Keywords: Atrial Flow Regulator; Congenital heart disease; Heart failure; Pulmonary hypertension; Stent implantation.

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