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Table 3 Percutaneous interventional procedures

From: The role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in candidates for Fontan operation: Proposal of a new Algorithm

Diagnosis

Indication

Type of procedure

HLHS

Trans-isthmus gradient > 20 mmHg

Balloon angioplasty

DILV

SVC-LPA 2 mmHg gradient

LPA balloon angioplasty

TA

Significant LPA stenosis at X-ray angiography

LPA balloon angioplasty

PAIVS

Veno-venous collateral draining into the CS

Embolization

TA

Veno-venous collateral draining into the atrium

Embolization

Complex 2 ventricles

BTm shunt center opened at previous surgery

Embolization

  1. Legend: mBT Modified Blalock-Taussig; CS: coronary sinus; DILV: double inlet left ventricle; HLHS: hypoplastic left heart syndrome; LPA: left pulmonary artery; PAIVS: pulmonary atresia intact ventricular septum; SVC: superior vena cava; TA: tricuspid atresia.