Abstract:Background
Covered stents perform similar to surgically implanted conduits, although the stents work inside of vessels. We present a computed tomography (CT)‐based workflow for the implantation of covered stents as extravascular conduits.
Methods
We selected three different use cases: 1. Connecting a left‐sided partially anomalous drainage of a pulmonary vein to the left atrium. 2. Bypassing an outgrown Dacron conduit in aortic recoarctation. 3. Re‐directing hepatic venous blood to the left lung in a Fontan pa… Show more
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