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Endovascular stent grafts have become an established therapy in adults for descending thoracic aortic disease. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with a hemodynamically significant traumatic aortopulmonary window following angioplasty of pulmonary artery stent. Endovascular stent graft implantation into the ascending aorta was performed to seal off the communication, with dramatic hemodynamic improvement.
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Ailawadi, G., Lim, D.S., Peeler, B.B. et al. Traumatic Ascending Aortopulmonary Window Following Pulmonary Artery Stent Dilatation: Therapy with Aortic Endovascular Stent Graft. Pediatr Cardiol 28, 305–308 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-006-0118-9
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