Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Aug 2011
Case ReportsEmergency manual systemic-to-pulmonary artery autotransfusion for severe cyanotic spell.
Cyanotic spell is an important complication of tetralogy of Fallot. We report a simple, innovative method that bailed out a patient with life-threatening, refractory cyanotic spell in the catheterization laboratory. Manual autotransfusion of blood from aorta into the pulmonary arteries resulted in significant clinical improvement.
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jul 2011
Comparative StudyComparison of closure strategies after balloon aortic valvuloplasty: suture mediated versus collagen based versus manual.
To compare complication rates of a collagen-mediated closure device, suture-mediated closure technique and manual compression for access site management following balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV). ⋯ In our case series, collagen-based closure devices and suture-mediated closure devices had fewer vascular complications than manual compression for hemostasis following BAV. Patient selection for collagen-based versus suture-mediated closure requires further study.
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jul 2011
Comparative StudyUse of a dose-dependent follow-up protocol and mechanisms to reduce patients and staff radiation exposure in congenital and structural interventions.
Increasingly complex structural/congenital cardiac interventions require efforts at reducing patient/staff radiation exposure. Standard follow-up protocols are often inadequate in detecting all patients that may have sustained radiation burns. ⋯ Dose-based follow-up protocols are superior in detecting radiation burns when compared to fluoroscopy time-based protocols. Frame rate reduction of fluoroscopy and cine acquisition and use of modified imaging equipment can achieve a significant reduction to patient/staff exposure.
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv · Jul 2011
Transaortic flow velocity from dual-source MDCT for the diagnosis of aortic stenosis severity.
To describe a method for the estimation of transaortic flow from multidetector computer tomography (MDCT). ⋯ We show for the first time that transaortic flow velocity can be estimated by dual-source MDCT and has a better sensitivity for the detection of severe aortic stenosis than AVA planimetry when compared to the gold standard of TTE peak flow velocity.