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Intra-operative photograph of the introducer sheath for placement of ductal stent (RVOT= right ventricular outflow tract, PA= pulmonary artery)
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Arrow Flex ; Reading, PA) was introduced through the purse-string suture into the proximal main pulmonary artery [Figure 1].
Angiographic image of ductal stent and branch pulmonary arteries (RPA= right pulmonary artery, LPA= left pulmonary artery)
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A guide wire was inserted through the sheath and passed into the ductus arteriosus and the descending aorta under fluoroscopic guidance. A 7x18-mm Palmaz Genesis factory-mounted balloon expandable stent (Johnson and Johnson/Cordis, Genesis PG1870BSS; Miami Lakes, FL) was deployed in the ductus, preserving the origin of the left and right subclavian arteries [Figure 2].
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