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Case Reports
. 1993 Jan;69(1):47-51.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.69.1.47.

Novel uses of the Rashkind ductal umbrella in adults and children with congenital heart disease

A N Redington  1 , M L Rigby
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Case Reports

Novel uses of the Rashkind ductal umbrella in adults and children with congenital heart disease

A N Redington et al. Br Heart J. 1993 Jan.

Abstract

Objective: To show possible alternative uses of the Rashkind ductal umbrella.

Design: Descriptive study of selected, non-randomised patients; with specific congenital heart lesions other than an arterial duct.

Setting: A tertiary referral centre.

Patients: Nine patients with congenital heart lesions; four with interatrial communications after a fenestrated Fontan procedure two with large aortopulmonary collaterals, three with an unoperated ventricular septal defect.

Interventions: Placement of a Rashkind umbrella occluder as treatment for a haemodynamically important lesion.

Results: Successful placement with symptomatic and haemodynamic improvement in all.

Conclusions: The Rashkind ductal umbrella may be used successfully to treat some patients with aortopulmonary collateral vessels, ventricular septal defects, and interatrial communications after the fenestrated Fontan procedure.

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